Video of Rodger C G Curragh's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of participant number SU2203's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Denny O'Brien-Warriner's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of George L J Williams's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Flora (Flo) McGregor's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Kim McDiarmid's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Maryrose Ansell's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Margaret Rose Boyne's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of participant number AP2500's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Dale Gallaugher's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number UC223AD's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Leslie Llewellyn James Griffiths's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A story submitted by Irene to the QuakeStories website.
A video of an interview with Andreas Duenser, research scientist at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory, about an earthquake simulator at the University of Canterbury. The simulator was developed to help treat people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. It allows people to relive their earthquake experiences in a safe environment to help them overcome their ordeals.
An edited copy of the pdf transcript of Caroline Murray's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. At the participant's request, parts of this transcript have been redacted. Interviewer: Paul Millar. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A video of a presentation by Professor David Johnston during the fourth plenary of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. Johnston is a Senior Scientist at GNS Science and Director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research in the School of Psychology at Massey University. The presentation is titled, "Understanding Immediate Human Behaviour to the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, Implications for injury prevention and risk communication".The abstract for the presentation reads as follows: The 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquake sequences have given us a unique opportunity to better understand human behaviour during and immediately after an earthquake. On 4 September 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Darfield in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. There were no deaths, but several thousand people sustained injuries and sought medical assistance. Less than 6 months later, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred under Christchurch City at 12:51 p.m. on 22 February 2011. A total of 182 people were killed in the first 24 hours and over 7,000 people injured overall. To reduce earthquake casualties in future events, it is important to understand how people behaved during and immediately after the shaking, and how their behaviour exposed them to risk of death or injury. Most previous studies have relied on an analysis of medical records and/or reflective interviews and questionnaire studies. In Canterbury we were able to combine a range of methods to explore earthquake shaking behaviours and the causes of injuries. In New Zealand, the Accident Compensation Corporation (a national health payment scheme run by the government) allowed researchers to access injury data from over 9,500 people from the Darfield (4 September 2010) and Christchurch (22 February 2011 ) earthquakes. The total injury burden was analysed for demography, context of injury, causes of injury, and injury type. From the injury data inferences into human behaviour were derived. We were able to classify the injury context as direct (immediate shaking of the primary earthquake or aftershocks causing unavoidable injuries), and secondary (cause of injury after shaking ceased). A second study examined people's immediate responses to earthquakes in Christchurch New Zealand and compared responses to the 2011 earthquake in Hitachi, Japan. A further study has developed a systematic process and coding scheme to analyse earthquake video footage of human behaviour during strong earthquake shaking. From these studies a number of recommendations for injury prevention and risk communication can be made. In general, improved building codes, strengthening buildings, and securing fittings will reduce future earthquake deaths and injuries. However, the high rate of injuries incurred from undertaking an inappropriate action (e.g. moving around) during or immediately after an earthquake suggests that further education is needed to promote appropriate actions during and after earthquakes. In New Zealand - as in US and worldwide - public education efforts such as the 'Shakeout' exercise are trying to address the behavioural aspects of injury prevention.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Cars on Smith City, Colombo Street car park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Looking north up Colombo Street from Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Debbie Sinclair-Patton (L) and her daughter Katelin (16) have a contingency plan when experiencing earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Workers are trapped in the Forsyth Barr building".
A presentation by Professor Simon Kemp (Department of Psychology) on "How does a Series of Earthquakes Affect Academic Performance?"
A colour photograph of earthquake damage to the Excelsior Hotel on the corner of Manchester and High Streets.
An earthquake memories story from Evon Currie, General Manager, Population and Public Health, titled, "Understanding structure vital".
Earthquake aerial photo taken by Jude Lathey, 6 September 2010.
Earthquake aerial photo taken by Jude Lathey, 6 September 2010.
An earthquake memories story from Paul Schoolderman, Health Protection Officer, Community and Public Health, titled, "Surfing on asphalt".