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Pakistan Earthquake Creates New Island?

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As reported earlier, Pakistan and India were both shaken by a strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake with numerous aftershocks. While the damage and the casualties from the quake are not fully known yet although according to Raza news agency the latest death toll is at 45, one quite stunning development has emerged, quite literally, out of the sea. As Pakistani's The News reports, an entire island emerged off the country's Gwadar coast in the aftermath of the quake. "According to DIG Gwadar Moazzam Jah, the island's altitude is 20 to 40 feet and width around 100 feet. Talking to Geo news, the DIG said that the island emerged at a distance of 350 feet in the sea from the Gwadar coast." We hope this is not some very elaborate mass media hoax.


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-2 ... trys-coast
 
Dang! I heard about the earthquake but didn't know it made a new island. I feel horrible for the lives lost but the island part is incredible!
 
Well, when you cknsider the fact that an earthquake is caused by two or more continetal plates forcing against one another, this is a plausible happening.

Rare, but plausable.
 
They need it. The two most amusing things about the Indian subcontinent are that the population is booming ridiculously and that the whole area is shrinking into the Himalayas! :lol:
 
We're doing a tectonic plates unit in science class at the moment, and when I mentioned this to my teacher she gave me candy because a) this is ridiculously awesome and relevant and b) she is ridiculously awesome and....

"Relevant" really isn't a term used to describe a person, now, is it?
 
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