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The sea bubbled and boiled, steam rose and rocks spat forth into the air. Slowly a mound began to emerge from the waves, and within days a new island was born. It might sound like something from the book of Genesis, but it is just how the world's newest island emerged from the ocean.
On 9 August 2006, yachts sailing around Tonga reported sightings of a submarine volcanic eruption at Home Reef, south of Late Island. Three days later the crew of the Norwegian yacht Maiken caught sight of an island not found on any nautical chart. Approximately 1.5 kilometres across, it was capped by a huge plume of steam, and the sea for miles around was covered with floating rafts of pumice spewed out by the eruption.

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At first it looked like an ugly oil slick.
But as they crew of the yacht Maiken sailed closer to brown patch on the ocean near Tonga they realised they were observing something far rarer and far more beautiful.
What looked like a brown stain on the South Pacific turned out to be a spectacular drift of floating pumice stones stretching more than 16 km - and an indication an island was being born nearby.

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The discover of the new island, Fredrik Fransson, has posted some photos on his blog.

“19deg.18.315S 176deg.24.359W 15:10L
Early afternoon, somewhere east of the Lau Group in Fiji. We are sailing south of the island group to avoid having to pass through it during night. Yesterday we saw the birth of an island, most likely we were the first humans to see the new creation. We have some pictures”

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Underwater eruptions on the marine volcano Home Reef, Tonga, have produced a new island.

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The Terra satellite observed the newly emerged Home Reef volcanic island On October 4, 2006.

Latitude: -18.973696° Longitude: -174.770808°

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August 2006 brought two new things to the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific. One was a raft of lightweight, frothy volcanic rock—pumice—floating on the ocean surface. The other was a new island emerging out of the water.

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NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the aftermath of the eruption on August 10, 2006, at 1:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. local time).

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A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 13:50:24 (UTC) on Sunday, October 8, 2006 in the Tonga region, 273 km south of Nuku'alofa, at a depth of 10 km.

Location 23.599°S, 175.404°W

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According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake that struck under the Pacific Ocean floor near Samoa on Thursday.

"Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated. It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre".

But there was no immediate report of damage.

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A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred at 06:22:11 (UTC) on Thursday, September 28, 2006 in the Samoa islands region, 195 km East southeast of Hihifo, at a depth of 39.1 km.

Location 16.570°S, 172.036°W

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 07:26:12 (UTC) on Friday, July 7, 2006 in Tonga, 80 km North North-East of Hihifo, at a depth of 35 km.

Location 15.258°S, 173.605°W

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A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 03:36:18 (UTC) on Sunday, May 28, 2006 in Tonga, 145 km North North-East of Nuku'alofa, at a depth of 50.2 km.

Location 20.047°S, 174.523°W

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