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9.7 Earthquake Coming to West Coast On October 3, 2013
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 75852" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><strong>Satellites reveal new views of Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' </strong></span></span></p><p>Becky Oskin LiveScience</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246731-131001-science-quake-530p.blocks_desktop_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>AFP - Getty Images</p><p></p><p>An image from the Pleiades satellite shows a small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan. The island is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 meters) high and more than 500 feet (150 meters) in diameter. It sits about 650 feet from the coast.</p><p>Earth performed the ultimate magic trick last week, making an island appear out of nowhere. The new island is a remarkable side effect of a deadly Sept. 24 earthquake in Pakistan that killed more than 500 people.</p><p></p><p>Satellite images snapped a few days after the <a href="http://www.livescience.com/39922-pakistan-earthquake-caused-gwadar-island.html" target="_blank">earthquake-triggered island</a> emerged offshore, near the town of Gwadar, reveal that the strange structure is round and relatively flat, with cracks and fissures like a child's dried-up mud pie.</p><p></p><p>The French Pleiades satellite mapped the muddy hill's dimensions, which measure 576.4 feet (175.7 meters) long by 524.9 feet (160 m) wide. Aerial photos from Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography suggest the gray-colored mound is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 meters) high. [<a href="http://www.livescience.com/40085-pakistan-earthquake-island-gallery.html" target="_blank">Gallery: Amazing Images of Pakistan's Earthquake Island</a>]</p><p></p><p>Gwadar is about 230 miles (380 kilometers) from the earthquake's epicenter. The magnitude-7.7 earthquake was probably centered on the Chaman Fault, Shuhab Khan, a geoscientist at the University of Houston told LiveScience last week.</p><p></p><p>Geologists think the new island, named Zalzala Koh, is made of erupted mud, spewed from the seafloor when either trapped gases escaped or subsurface water was violently expelled.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246732-131001-science-gwadar1.blocks_desktop_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>NASA</p><p></p><p>On Sept. 26, the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured an image of Pakistan's new island.</p><p><img src="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246287-131001-science-gwadar2.blocks_desktop_large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Pakistan National Institute of Oceanography via NASA</p><p></p><p>An aerial photo from Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography suggests the gray-colored mound is about 60 to 70 feet (15 to 20 meters) tall. The surface is covered in sea creatures such as dead fish and is a mixture of mud, sand and rock. It is solid enough for people to walk on. Boats can be seen surrounding the island.</p><p></p><p>The new island could be the result of a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes form when hot water underground mixes with sediments and gases such as methane and carbon dioxide. If the noxious slurry finds a release valve, such as a crack opened by earthquake shaking, a <a href="http://www.livescience.com/39958-what-caused-pakistan-earthquake-island.html" target="_blank">mud volcano</a> erupts, according to James Hein, a senior scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, Calif. Geologists from the Pakistan Navy report that Zalzala Koh is releasing flammable gas. But seafloor sediments commonly hold methane-producing bacteria, so the possible methane coming from the island isn't a clincher to its identity.</p><p></p><p>Shaking from the powerful Sept. 24 earthquake could have also loosened the seafloor sediments offshore of Pakistan, jiggling them like jelly. The great rivers coming down from the Himalayas dump tons of water-saturated sediment into the Arabian Sea every year. The new island could be a gigantic example of a liquefaction blow, when seismic shaking makes saturated sediments act like liquid, and trapped water suddenly escapes, Michael Manga, a geophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley, told LiveScience.</p><p></p><p>Similar islands have appeared offshore of Pakistan after strong <a href="http://www.livescience.com/topics/earthquakes/" target="_blank">earthquakes</a> in the region in 2001 and 1945. If the earlier examples hold, the soft mud island won't last a year, disappearing under the erosive power of the pounding of waves from monsoon storms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 75852, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#00ff00][B]Satellites reveal new views of Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Becky Oskin LiveScience [IMG]http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246731-131001-science-quake-530p.blocks_desktop_large.jpg[/IMG] AFP - Getty Images An image from the Pleiades satellite shows a small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan. The island is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 meters) high and more than 500 feet (150 meters) in diameter. It sits about 650 feet from the coast. Earth performed the ultimate magic trick last week, making an island appear out of nowhere. The new island is a remarkable side effect of a deadly Sept. 24 earthquake in Pakistan that killed more than 500 people. Satellite images snapped a few days after the [URL='http://www.livescience.com/39922-pakistan-earthquake-caused-gwadar-island.html']earthquake-triggered island[/URL] emerged offshore, near the town of Gwadar, reveal that the strange structure is round and relatively flat, with cracks and fissures like a child's dried-up mud pie. The French Pleiades satellite mapped the muddy hill's dimensions, which measure 576.4 feet (175.7 meters) long by 524.9 feet (160 m) wide. Aerial photos from Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography suggest the gray-colored mound is about 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 meters) high. [[URL='http://www.livescience.com/40085-pakistan-earthquake-island-gallery.html']Gallery: Amazing Images of Pakistan's Earthquake Island[/URL]] Gwadar is about 230 miles (380 kilometers) from the earthquake's epicenter. The magnitude-7.7 earthquake was probably centered on the Chaman Fault, Shuhab Khan, a geoscientist at the University of Houston told LiveScience last week. Geologists think the new island, named Zalzala Koh, is made of erupted mud, spewed from the seafloor when either trapped gases escaped or subsurface water was violently expelled. [IMG]http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246732-131001-science-gwadar1.blocks_desktop_large.jpg[/IMG] NASA On Sept. 26, the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured an image of Pakistan's new island. [IMG]http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/streams/2013/October/131002/8C9246287-131001-science-gwadar2.blocks_desktop_large.jpg[/IMG] Pakistan National Institute of Oceanography via NASA An aerial photo from Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography suggests the gray-colored mound is about 60 to 70 feet (15 to 20 meters) tall. The surface is covered in sea creatures such as dead fish and is a mixture of mud, sand and rock. It is solid enough for people to walk on. Boats can be seen surrounding the island. The new island could be the result of a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes form when hot water underground mixes with sediments and gases such as methane and carbon dioxide. If the noxious slurry finds a release valve, such as a crack opened by earthquake shaking, a [URL='http://www.livescience.com/39958-what-caused-pakistan-earthquake-island.html']mud volcano[/URL] erupts, according to James Hein, a senior scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, Calif. Geologists from the Pakistan Navy report that Zalzala Koh is releasing flammable gas. But seafloor sediments commonly hold methane-producing bacteria, so the possible methane coming from the island isn't a clincher to its identity. Shaking from the powerful Sept. 24 earthquake could have also loosened the seafloor sediments offshore of Pakistan, jiggling them like jelly. The great rivers coming down from the Himalayas dump tons of water-saturated sediment into the Arabian Sea every year. The new island could be a gigantic example of a liquefaction blow, when seismic shaking makes saturated sediments act like liquid, and trapped water suddenly escapes, Michael Manga, a geophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley, told LiveScience. Similar islands have appeared offshore of Pakistan after strong [URL='http://www.livescience.com/topics/earthquakes/']earthquakes[/URL] in the region in 2001 and 1945. If the earlier examples hold, the soft mud island won't last a year, disappearing under the erosive power of the pounding of waves from monsoon storms. [/QUOTE]
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