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An earthquake occurred on 31 May 1935 between 2:30 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Baluchistan Agency (now part of Pakistan), close to the border with southern Afghanistan.The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 M w [3] and anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people died from the impact. [2]
Pakistan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults. As a result, earthquakes in Pakistan occur often and are destructive. As a result, earthquakes in Pakistan occur often and are destructive.
This is a list of earthquakes in 1935. ... Pakistan: 7.5: 25.0: X The 1935 Quetta earthquake was one of the worst in Pakistani history. 60,000 people were killed.
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
1935, 31 May – The 7.7 1935 Quetta earthquake along the Ghazaband portion of the fault system killed upwards of 35,000 people. [ 8 ] 1978, 16 March – A 6.4 M w {\displaystyle M_{\mathrm {w} }} earthquake created a 5 km long rupture with up to 4 cm of left-lateral offset, and a smaller amount of vertical slip as the eastern wall of the fault ...
0–9. 1555 Kashmir earthquake; 1885 Kashmir earthquake; 1935 Quetta earthquake; 1945 Balochistan earthquake; 1974 Pattan earthquake; 1981 Darel Valley earthquake
The 2008 Ziarat earthquakes hit the Pakistani province of Balochistan on October 29 with a moment magnitude of 6.4. The US Geological Survey reported that the first earthquake occurred 60 km (37 mi) north of Quetta and 185 km (115 mi) southeast of the Afghanistan city of Kandahar at 04:09 local time (28 October, 23:09 UTC) at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi), at 30.653°N, 67.323°E. [4]
Alfred Herbert Lungley, GC (1905–1989) was a British soldier of the Royal Artillery who distinguished himself during rescue efforts after the Quetta earthquake of 1935. Lungley was born in Colchester, Essex, on 20 October 1905.