Summary Many people have reached the coastal area to see the new island.
GWADAR (Dunya News) - The earthquake has created a new island into the sea some 1.5 kilometers at the Jhanda coastline in Gwadar.
According to DIG Gwadar, a similar island had appeared in Hangal in the coastal area of Lasbela sixty years ago.
On Tuesday, a major earthquake that hit southwestern Pakistan killed more than 100 people, the country s disaster response agency said, with fears the death toll could rise.
The 7.7-magnitude quake which hit Awaran district of Balochistan province also injured at least 24 people, Brigadier Kamran Zia of the National Disaster Management Authority said.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck at 4:29 pm (1129 GMT) around 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the city of Khuzdar in Baluchistan province, at a depth of 15 kilometres.
Officials said the tremors had demolished dozens of houses in Awaran district, 350 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital Quetta.
