1935 Quetta earthquake [SEP] point in time
1935 Quetta earthquake
The 1935 Quetta earthquake () occurred on 31 May between 2:33 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Balochistan, British India, now part of Pakistan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 and anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people died from the impact. This ranked as the deadliest earthquake that hit South Asia until the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The quake was centred 4.0 kilometres south-west of Ali Jaan, Balochistan, British India.
Earthquake.
Quetta and its neighbouring towns lie in
Quetta earthquake of May 1935. Cowley received his Albert Medal for rescuing earthquake survivors from the ruins of a collapsed hospital. At the time, he was posted to India and was attached to the 16th Army Troops Company, 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (now the Madras Engineer Group of the Indian Army):
Cowley was promoted to captain on 3 September 1936. From 16 November 1936 to 17 December 1938, he was an instructor at Woolwich. He was promoted to major on 3 September 1942,