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*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india43_1.html Queen's Royal Surrey Accounts]
 
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india43_1.html Queen's Royal Surrey Accounts]
 
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/sept/quetta.htm Down Memory Lane: Disaster at Quetta—The Great Earthquake of 1935] by Capt (Retd) A A Jilani. Extracts from the ''Royal Corps of Signals Journal UK''. defencejournal.com
 
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/sept/quetta.htm Down Memory Lane: Disaster at Quetta—The Great Earthquake of 1935] by Capt (Retd) A A Jilani. Extracts from the ''Royal Corps of Signals Journal UK''. defencejournal.com
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*[http://www.hibbitt.org.uk/ellen-gardner/quetta-earthquake-1935.html  The Quetta Earthquake Of 1935: The R.A.F.'s Account] hibbitt.org.uk.  Cyril Norman Ellen was the Squadron Leader of No. 5 (AC) Squadron, RAF which was based at Quetta when the disaster. His wife Ellen subsequently was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Silver Medal for her part in rescue operations. Includes a list of the casualties of No. 5 (AC) Squadron. With photographs.
 
*[http://loveofcity.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/1935-quetta-earthquake-remembering-its.html 1935 Quetta Earthquake: remembering its victims, their rescuers, and, are we prepared for ‘the Big one’] Nasir Ali‘s Quetta Valley Blog
 
*[http://loveofcity.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/1935-quetta-earthquake-remembering-its.html 1935 Quetta Earthquake: remembering its victims, their rescuers, and, are we prepared for ‘the Big one’] Nasir Ali‘s Quetta Valley Blog
 
*Scroll down to an [http://www.4fathers.thestoreshed.com/Maddocks/FrankGertrude.htm  Account of the Quetta Earthquake] by Mrs F Maddocks, whose husband Frank Maddocks was attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Originally appeared in the ''North Devon Journal'' under the title "Quetta, City Of Sorrow". The Journal date given appears incorrect-possibly it may be March 14th, 1936. Maddocks Family History. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
 
*Scroll down to an [http://www.4fathers.thestoreshed.com/Maddocks/FrankGertrude.htm  Account of the Quetta Earthquake] by Mrs F Maddocks, whose husband Frank Maddocks was attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Originally appeared in the ''North Devon Journal'' under the title "Quetta, City Of Sorrow". The Journal date given appears incorrect-possibly it may be March 14th, 1936. Maddocks Family History. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

Revision as of 06:45, 18 September 2016

The Quetta earthquake happened on 31 May 1935 and measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. An estimated 30,000 to 60,000 people died.

Two large earthquakes had occurred in the area between the Bolan Pass and Quetta in 1931. The first of these near Sharigh Mw 6.8 24 August 1931, was followed by the Mach Mw 7.3 earthquake 27 August 1931. Circumstantial evidence suggest that resulting conditions were eventually responsible for triggering the Quetta earthquake.[1]

Gallery

Quetta Bond

Quetta Bond is a technique developed after the Quetta earthquake, used in brick and other masonry buildings, where vertical reinforcement is used to improve horizontal and vertical bond between walls (see image)[2]. "The Quetta Bond is simply a slight variant of [the brick laying technique] 1½ Flemish Bond where the voids are filled with concrete and steel reinforcement bars rather than brick. It was almost certainly invented (if that is the right word) by Royal Engineers. The RE was heavily involved in the aftermath of the Quetta earthquake".[3]

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Muhammad, Din "Earthquake risks in Quetta and surrounding regions, Balochistan, Pakistan" International Geological Congress, Oslo 2008. Accessed through a cached webpage, from the link http://gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_25/DataId_8921/Action_BodyView/WebsiteId_17/Earthquake.risks.in.quetta.and.surrounding.regions,.Balochistan,.Pakistan.html gsi.ir 11 September 2016
  2. "Earthquake Risk Profile Risk Reduction & Technical Capacity in the EAS Member Countries" by Sudhir K Jain. nidm.gov.in. Scroll down
  3. QGE. Quetta Bond/Rat Trap Bond: brick buildings-Help please Great War Forum 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016