Island formed after Earthquake caused by spewing gasses and ‘mud volcano’ in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan — Alongside the carnage of Pakistan’s massive earthquake came a new creation: a small island of mud, stone and bubbling gas pushed forth from the seabed.

Experts say the island was formed by the massive movement of the earth during the 7.7-magnitude quake that hit Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Tuesday, killing at least 285 people.

“That big shock beneath the earth causes a lot of disturbance,” said Zahid Rafi, director of the National Seismic Monitoring Center.

The island appeared off the coast of Gwadar, a port about 533 kilometers from Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi and 120 kilometers from Iran.