QuakeStory 173
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A story submitted by John to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by John to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
The number of people injured in the earthquake in Christchurch more than two weeks ago is still unknown.
A video of an interview with Bev Edwards about her experiences during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Edwards was one of three women paralysed by injuries suffered during the earthquake.
A story submitted by Nicky Taylor to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 23 December 2011 entitled, "Another wobbly afternoon".
A story submitted by Hebe Kearney to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Bernice to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Gabriel Pollard to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Imelda Bargas to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lilian Birmingham to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Aleshia Gundry to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lisa Gibson to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Mike Williams to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rachael to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Wendy to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Haydon Wilson to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rebecca to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adam to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Keryn to the QuakeStories website.
A video of an interview with Tim Crowshaw, a farming reporter, about his experiences in the Press building cafeteria during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A story submitted by Louise to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Paul Sterk to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 24 February 2011 entitled, "Checking in".
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the city of Christchurch at 12:51pm on Tuesday 22 February 2011. The earthquake caused 182 fatalities, a large number of injuries, and resulted in widespread damage to the built environment, including significant disruption to the lifelines. The event created the largest lifeline disruption in a New Zealand city in 80 years, with much of the damage resulting from extensive and severe liquefaction in the Christchurch urban area. The Christchurch earthquake occurred when the Canterbury region and its lifelines systems were at the early stage of recovering from the 4 September 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) magnitude 7.1 earthquake. This paper describes the impact of the Christchurch earthquake on lifelines by briefly summarising the physical damage to the networks, the system performance and the operational response during the emergency management and the recovery phase. Special focus is given to the performance and management of the gas, electric and road networks and to the liquefaction ejecta clean-up operations that contributed to the rapid reinstatement of the functionality of many of the lifelines. The water and wastewater system performances are also summarized. Elements of resilience that contributed to good network performance or to efficient emergency and recovery management are highlighted in the paper.
A man walks away from a scene of destruction after an earthquake; he is reading a newspaper whose headline is 'ACC takes earthquake hit' and because he is not looking where he is going he is about to step into the sea in which lurks a shark that represents 'levies'. A second version has the shark representing 'Nick Smith'. Context - The second Christchurch more devastating earthquake of 22 February 2011 that followed an original earthquake on 4 September 2010. Levy changes from April 1 will give businesses discounts or penalties on their workplace ACC levies based on a three-year claims history but ACC Minister Nick Smith said today that the quake would be declared an "adverse event" so Christchurch employers would not be unfairly hit with a levy increase, unless they contributed materially to an employee's injuries. (NBR 10 March 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).