 A quarter of the Cantonment area was destroyed but military equipment and the Royal Air Force garrison suffered serious damage.It was reported that only 6 out of the 27 machines worked after the initial seismic activity.A Regimental Journal for the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment based in Quetta issued in November 1935 stated,
It is not possible to describe the state of the city when the battalion first saw it.