When the earth doesn't stop shaking: How experiences over time influenced information needs, communication, and interpretation of aftershock information during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, New Zealand

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dc.citation.volume34
dc.contributor.authorBecker JS
dc.contributor.authorPotter SH
dc.contributor.authorMcBride SK
dc.contributor.authorWein A
dc.contributor.authorDoyle EEH
dc.contributor.authorPaton D
dc.date.available2019-03
dc.date.issued2019-03-01
dc.description.abstract© 2018 The Authors The Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) began with the Darfield earthquake on 4 September 2010. Continual large and small aftershocks since that time have meant communities have cycled through repeated periods of impact, response and recovery. Scientific communication about aftershocks during such a prolonged sequence has faced distinct challenges. We conducted research to better understand aftershock information needs for agencies and the public, and how people interpreted and responded to such information. We found that a wide range of information was needed from basic facts about aftershocks through to more technical information, and in different formats (e.g. maps, tables, graphs, text, analogies). Information needs also evolved throughout the sequence, and differed depending on people's roles and experiences, and the phase of impact, response and recovery communities were in. Interpretation of aftershock information was influenced by a variety of factors including how understandable and relevant the information was, whether people had prior knowledge or experience of aftershocks, whether the information was personalised or contextualised, emotions and feelings, credibility and trust, and external influences. Given that such a diversity of evolving information is required, it is imperative that geoscientists strategize how to provide such information before a significant earthquake occurs.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent397 - 411
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dc.identifier.citationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, 2019, 34 pp. 397 - 411
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.12.009
dc.identifier.elements-id419416
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2212-4209
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.isPartOfINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420918312792
dc.rights© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
dc.subjectEarthquakes
dc.subjectAftershocks
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.subjectDarfield
dc.subjectChristchurch
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectOperational Earthquake Forecasting
dc.subject.anzsrc0502 Environmental Science and Management
dc.subject.anzsrc1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.anzsrc1604 Human Geography
dc.titleWhen the earth doesn't stop shaking: How experiences over time influenced information needs, communication, and interpretation of aftershock information during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/Joint Centre for Disaster Research
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