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Earthquake Births New Island Pictures

On September 24, 2013, a major  strike-slip earthquake  rattled western Pakistan, killing at least 350 people and leaving more than 100,000 homeless. The 7.7 magnitude quake struck the Baluchistan province of northwestern Pakistan. Amidst the destruction, a new island was created offshore in the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) near Gwadar, Pakistan. NASA's Earth Observatory has released before and after satellite images that clearly show the birth of the island. Here's an image taken from the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite taken on Sept'26 & old Pic taken on Sept'17