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EnolaGaia Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 1304 Location: USA Gender: Male |
 Posted: 24-09-2013 19:36 Post subject: New Island off Pakistani Coast |
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A major earthquake hit a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people and prompting a new island to rise from the sea just off the country's southern coast. ...
The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to rise and create a small, mountain-like island about 600 meters (yards) off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.
Television channels showed images of a stretch of rocky terrain rising above the sea level, with a crowd of bewildered people gathering on the shore to witness the rare phenomenon. ...
FULL ARTICLE AT: http://news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-strikes-remote-western-pakistan-felt-delhi-115610723.html
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| EnolaGaia Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 1304 Location: USA Gender: Male |
| Posted: 24-09-2013 19:38 Post subject: |
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QUETTA: In a rare development, an island emerged off Gwadar coast after a powerful earthquake of 7.7 magnitude struck Pakistan on Tuesday.
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.
According to the Meteorological Department, the epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake was 120Km southwest of Khuzdar in Balochistan province at a depth of 10 kilometres. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 7.8.
SOURCE: (With Photo): http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-119677-Island-emerges-near-Gwadar-coast-after-quake
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| EnolaGaia Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 1304 Location: USA Gender: Male |
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| Heckler20 The Sockpuppet of
Cthulhu's Prodigal Son Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Total posts: 4702 Location: In the Nostril of The Crawling Chaos Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 25-09-2013 12:09 Post subject: |
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Has anyone checked to see if this Island has non-euclidean geometry by chance?  |
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| EnolaGaia Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 1304 Location: USA Gender: Male |
| Posted: 25-09-2013 21:26 Post subject: |
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A couple of photos showing people walking around on the new islet (better illustrating its size) are posted with this BBC news story on the quake:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24222760 |
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| kamalktk Great Old One Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Total posts: 705 Gender: Unknown |
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