A powerful earthquake has killed at least 328 people and wounded hundreds more in Pakistan's remote south-west province of Balochistan.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 20km (13 miles) north-east of Awaran, the US Geological Survey said.
Many houses were flattened and thousands of people have spent the night in the open.
Report about the earthquake:
Pakistani officials are investigating a small island, about 60 feet high, 100 feet long and 250 feet wide, that has appeared off the coast of Pakistan
Dr Brian Baptie, Head of Earthquake Seismology at the British Geological Survey said that the island was likely to be a mud volcano, created by the movement of gases locked in the earth under the sea, pushing mud and earth up to the surface.
"Mud volcanoes are often caused in certain areas as a result of ground shaking during earthquakes ... That shaking results in the release of mud and silt that is pressurised underground.
Video of the new island:
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