May 30, 1935 Tsunami: Quetta, Pakistan
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake began at Quetta, Pakistan on May 30, 1935 at 21:32:46 UTC. It killed 60,000 people, counting the earthquake or eruption that caused it.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- May 30, 1935, 21:32:46 UTC
- Source
- Quetta, Pakistan
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 7.5
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 29.500° N, 66.800° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 60,000 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Damage
- $25 million with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Houses destroyed
- Very many (over 1,000) with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
May 31 [May 30], 1935, earthquake in Quetta caused 60000 deaths and some agitation in local rivers. (reference #96)
Reference #12345 lists as validity 3 (probable tsunami) (access 04 June 2024)
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI tsunami event 1679.