On Thursday, a new island appeared in the Arabian Sea near Balochistan’s Kund Malir beach. Onlookers familiar with the area inside swaths of Hingol National Park near the Makran Coastal Highway reported that the island appeared from the depths of the water and spans a big area.
According to Muhammad Moazzam Khan, a WWF Pakistani Technical Advisor ( Marine Fisheries) the new island appeared in the west off the coast of Sonmiani near Kund Malir.
These Islands appear as a result of excessive geological activity in the area, he explained adding that such small islands vanish eventually. He said that it is a normal activity around this area.
It’s worth noting that similar islands appeared in the same place in 2000 and 2010.
In 2013, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 rocked Pakistan, creating an island off the coast of Gwadar. However, after some time had passed the island reappeared.