--- description: In TIME's photo of the day, a new island emerges from the sea after an earthquake. title: TIME's Photo of the Day: A New Island After an Earthquake in Pakistan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6adf2e118ce85f1/6987a765e20a872f5ca88004/00_2013-09-25t091455z_363880293_gm1e99p1b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Out of the Blue by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2013 6:53 PM CUT  An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake as seen off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea. An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake as seen off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.Reuters by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2013 6:53 PM CUT  An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake as seen off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea. Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802650/out-of-the-blue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802650/out-of-the-blue/"},"headline":"Out of the Blue","datePublished":"2013-09-25T18:53:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.759Z","description":"In TIME's photo of the day, a new island emerges from the sea after an earthquake.","url":"https://time.com/3802650/out-of-the-blue/","keywords":["LightBox","Pakistan","Earthquake","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6adf2e118ce85f1/6987a765e20a872f5ca88004/00_2013-09-25t091455z_363880293_gm1e99p1b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6adf2e118ce85f1/6987a765e20a872f5ca88004/00_2013-09-25t091455z_363880293_gm1e99p1b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake is pictured off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea","caption":"An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake is pictured off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea","creditText":"Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802650/out-of-the-blue/","name":"Out of the Blue"}}]}] ```