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A new Island Reported to have risen out of the Sea Pakistan 7.0 EQ

(@LiquidFluoride)
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New island after an earthquake... yeah that's pretty F'n wierd....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKFzDT99jM


 
Posted : September 24, 2013 8:23 pm
(@Jamison)
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Looks like it has trees already. This can't be real.


 
Posted : September 24, 2013 8:35 pm
(@LiquidFluoride)
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I am very thorough when I vet my information 😉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLdHoLpPIOc

those aren't trees, but huge stacks of mud... now it has people and tons of flags on it

very interesting, I've never heard of this happening before.


 
Posted : September 24, 2013 11:21 pm
(@alana33)
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It was on Weather Channel this morning cited as being a "mud volcano" which very little is known about.
They said it happens but extremely rare which is why so little know about formation and.....longevity.
They mentioned that others created like this sometimes simply sink back into the sea over a period of time.
Don't go rushing to buy ocean front property!


 
Posted : September 25, 2013 12:05 pm
(@LiquidFluoride)
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the second video I posted was from 2010.. ignore that 😉

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- An earthquake in Pakistan, powerful enough to prompt the appearance of a small island off the coast, has killed more than 200 people, Pakistani officials said.

The 7.7-magnitude quake struck in a remote area of southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, but it had severe consequences.

At least 208 people were killed in the district of Awaran and the city of Turbut in Balochistan province, Asad Gilani, the provincial home secretary, said Wednesday.

In addition to the fatalities, around 350 people have been injured, he said, and more people are still trapped in rubble.

The quake was strong enough to cause a mass 20 to 30 feet high to emerge from the Arabian Sea like a small mountain island off the coast of Gwadar, local police official Mozzam Jah said. A large number of people gathered to view the newly formed island, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/24/world/asia/pakistan-earthquake/?hpt=wo_c2


 
Posted : September 25, 2013 1:24 pm
(@LiquidFluoride)
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Here's a better video of the island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OWKqh0GRug


 
Posted : September 25, 2013 5:53 pm
(@Jamison)
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Thats amazing


 
Posted : September 25, 2013 8:54 pm
(@the-oldtart)
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Here's an article from the UK with photos and videos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2441354/Zalzala-Koh--island-formed-huge-earthquake-Pakistan.html


 
Posted : October 2, 2013 4:14 pm

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