John,
You might not want to rule out Japanese experience.
Perhaps someone at DPRI Kyoto might be able to point
you to some records.
Web : http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/web_e/index_e.html
Best,
Parminder
----- Original Message -----
From: "David N. Petley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: eyewitness accounts of earthquake disasters
> You might also think about using the Google News archive search
> function:
>
> http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search?hl=en&q=&ie=UTF-8&o
> e=UTF-8
>
> A quick search for "earthquake eye-witness account" threw up 335 hits,
> dating back to the 1880's.
>
> This is a resource that has some interesting potential uses for natural
> disaster studies.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Natural hazards and disasters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Musson,
> Roger MW
> Sent: 02 March 2007 09:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: eyewitness accounts of earthquake disasters
>
> You can find any number of accounts in newspapers, particularly for
> historical events, since reportage was much more copious before, let's
> say, the 1960s, than the present style. Pick any earthquake you like and
> make a trip to the newspaper library at Colindale.
>
> Also, for famous earthquakes like 1755 Lisbon, 1906 SF etc, you can find
> entire books with numerous eye-witness accounts.
>
> Roger Musson
>
> British Geological Survey
> West Mains Road
> Edinburgh EH9 3LA
>
> tel: +44 (0)131-650-0205
> fax: +44 (0)131-667-1877
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Natural hazards and disasters
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> > Of Ben Wisner
> > Sent: 02 March 2007 02:56
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: eyewitness accounts of earthquake disasters
> >
> > There are probably a number of literary accounts -- some
> > based on eye witnesses. One I can think of is by the Mexican
> > writer Elena Poniatofvka, "Nada, Nadie" (translated, I
> > believe, as "Nothing, Nobody") about the 1985 Mexico city
> > quake. Are these kinds of accounts also of use to you, John?
> >
> > Cheers, BEN
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: John Twigg <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Mar 1, 2007 4:54 AM
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: eyewitness accounts of earthquake disasters
> > >
> > >I am looking for eyewitness accounts of earthquake disasters
> > to use in
> > >teaching. These could be accounts by victims or responders
> > and from any
> > >part of the world, but they must be first-hand accounts in
> > the person's
> > >own words. If anyone knows of anything in print (from a few
> > paragraphs
> > >to a few pages) or other media, please let me know.
> >
> >
>
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