title: Behavioral Response in the Immediate Aftermath of Shaking: Earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan.
abstract: This study examines people's response actions in the first 30 min after shaking stopped following earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan. Data collected from 257 respondents in Christchurch, 332 respondents in Hitachi, and 204 respondents in Wellington revealed notable similarities in some response actions immediately after the shaking stopped. In all four events, people were most likely to contact family members and seek additional information about the situation. However, there were notable differences among events in the frequency of resuming previous activities. Actions taken in the first 30 min were weakly related to: demographic variables, earthquake experience, contextual variables, and actions taken during the shaking, but were significantly related to perceived shaking intensity, risk perception and affective responses to the shaking, and damage/infrastructure disruption. These results have important implications for future research and practice because they identify promising avenues for emergency managers to communicate seismic risks and appropriate responses to risk area populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. ihnjijon@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Ihnji
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jon
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. mlindell@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. csprater@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Carla S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Prater
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Management, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA. skysnow0080@jsu.edu.
authors.forename: Shih-Kai
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK 73107, USA. tristan.wu@okstate.edu.
authors.forename: Hao-Che
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Joint Centre for Disaster Research, GNS Science/Massey University, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. David.Johnston@gns.cri.nz.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Joint Centre for Disaster Research, GNS Science/Massey University, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. J.Becker@gns.cri.nz.
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. hideyuki@kansai-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiroshita
authors.affiliation: Joint Centre for Disaster Research, GNS Science/Massey University, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. E.E.Hudson-Doyle@massey.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Emma E H
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.affiliation: Joint Centre for Disaster Research, GNS Science/Massey University, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. s.potter@gns.cri.nz.
authors.forename: Sally H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. John.McClure@vuw.ac.nz.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.affiliation: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand. emily.lambie@pg.canterbury.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lambie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: earthquakes; post-impact response actions; risk perception