QuakeStory 129
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A story submitted by Sarah Gallagher to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah Gallagher to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rachel to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Shaun to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 5 September 2010 entitled, "State of emergency day 2".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 4 January 2012 entitled, "Surveying the damage".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 10 September 2010 entitled, "Another step towards normality".
A story submitted by Allie to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Brenda Greene to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Bertha and Robert Tobias to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah Gallagher to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 7 May 2011 entitled, "Returning to the present briefly".
A story submitted by Fiona to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Nicky Taylor to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Nicky to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Random things".
A story submitted by Jennifer to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Elizabeth to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Berwyn to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 4 September 2010 entitled, "It's been a weird sort of day".
A story submitted by Lucinda to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 6 June 2011 entitled, "Assorted things".
A story submitted by Lynette Evans to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Tracy to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 8 February 2013 entitled, "Vote for me!".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 September 2012 entitled, "There's a lot you can learn in two years....".
A story submitted by Sarah Dreyer to the QuakeStories website.
On 15 August 1868, a great earthquake struck off the coast of the Chile-Peru border generating a tsunami that travelled across the Pacific. Wharekauri-Rekohu-Chatham Islands, located 800 km east of Christchurch, Aotearoa-New Zealand (A-NZ) was one of the worst affected locations in A-NZ. Tsunami waves, including three over 6 metres high, injured and killed people, destroyed buildings and infrastructure, and impacted the environment, economy and communities. While experience of disasters, and advancements in disaster risk reduction systems and technology have all significantly advanced A-NZ’s capacity to be ready for and respond to future earthquakes and tsunami, social memory of this event and other tsunamis during our history has diminished. In 2018, a team of scientists, emergency managers and communication specialists collaborated to organise a memorial event on the Chatham Islands and co-ordinate a multi-agency media campaign to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Arica tsunami. The purpose was to raise awareness of the disaster and to encourage preparedness for future tsunami. Press releases and science stories were distributed widely by different media outlets and many attended the memorial event indicating public interest for commemorating historical disasters. We highlight the importance of commemorating disaster anniversaries through memorial events, to raise awareness of historical disasters and increase community preparedness for future events – “lest we forget and let us learn.”