Rare footage 1935 Quetta earthquake

Quetta:one of the finest hill stations in British colonial India;known by the epithet "LITTLE LONDON" was utterly destroyed by a devastating earthquake at 02.33 hrs (local time) on Friday 31st May 1935.Around 30,000 perished within a matter of seconds.The city was never able to fully recover from this total annihilation.The earthquake measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. Note in a pic of a clock that the clock stopped at the moment of the quake.

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