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This link has a CBS News video with a short video of the new island.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57604518/pakistan-earthquake-kills-more-than-200-creates-new-island-of-southwest-coast/
AP/ September 25, 2013, 4:39 AM
Pakistan earthquake kills more than 200, creates new island off southwest coast
QUETTA, PAKISTAN Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a massive earthquake in southwestern Pakistan the day before as the death toll rose overnight to 210.
The earth moved with enough force to create a small island visible off the southern coast after the massive tremor, said Pakistani officials.
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The quake was felt as far away as New Delhi, the Indian capital, about 740 miles away, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported there.
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A provincial official in Baluchistan, Additional Home Secretary Zahid bin Maqsood, put the death toll at 210 and said 375 people had been injured, while a spokesman for the provincial government, Jan Mohammad Bulaidi, put the death toll at 238 -- conflicting figures likely due to the difficulty in contacting local officials and people in the remote region.
"We need more tents, more medicine and more food," said Bulaidi. He described a horrific scene of people who lost limbs in the quake and who will need to be sent to hospitals in major cities of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, and Karachi along the Arabian Sea.
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AP/ September 25, 2013, 4:39 AM
Pakistan earthquake kills more than 200, creates new island off southwest coast
QUETTA, PAKISTAN Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a massive earthquake in southwestern Pakistan the day before as the death toll rose overnight to 210.
The earth moved with enough force to create a small island visible off the southern coast after the massive tremor, said Pakistani officials.
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The quake was felt as far away as New Delhi, the Indian capital, about 740 miles away, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported there.
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A provincial official in Baluchistan, Additional Home Secretary Zahid bin Maqsood, put the death toll at 210 and said 375 people had been injured, while a spokesman for the provincial government, Jan Mohammad Bulaidi, put the death toll at 238 -- conflicting figures likely due to the difficulty in contacting local officials and people in the remote region.
"We need more tents, more medicine and more food," said Bulaidi. He described a horrific scene of people who lost limbs in the quake and who will need to be sent to hospitals in major cities of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, and Karachi along the Arabian Sea.
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An aerial photograph from Pakistan's GEO TV shows a new island in the Arabian Sea spawned by an earthquake which struck the region, Sept. 24, 2013. / GEO TV
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