<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"Understanding human behavior during and<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>immediately following earthquake shaking</b><b><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">"</span></font></b><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></span><b style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="display:inline"><div class="gmail_default">Dave Johnston</div></div></b></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default">GNS Science</div></i><i style="font-size:12.8px">, <div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default">New Zealand</div></i> <br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">To reduce earthquake casualties, it is important to understand how human behavior, during and<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>immediately following earthquake shaking, exposes an individual to increased risk of injury. Globally,<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>little research has analyzed the immediate human responses to earthquake shaking, mostly due to data<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>constraints and/or ethical considerations. To better understand the relationship between human<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>behavior and injury, researchers need a robust and repeatable methodology. We analyzed human<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>behavior and injury data from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (Mw7.1 Darfield 2010; Mw6.3<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>Christchurch 2011), New Zealand. We identified three <div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"></div>main influences on human behavior during<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>earthquake shaking. The first influence is the environment that an individual is located in during the<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>earthquake, such as inner-city building, in bed at home, or outside. Second, who an individual is with at<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>the time of the earthquake will affect their behavior. For example, an adult with a small child will<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>behave differently than an adult alone. Third, an individual’s behavior during shaking is also<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>influenced by their age, gender, previous earthquake experience, and the earthquake’s attributes,<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>including intensity and duration of shaking. Further research is needed to better understand the<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"> </div>relationships between <div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default"></div>these key factors.</font></span><br><br><b style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><div style="display:inline">T<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default">hurs</div>day, <div style="display:inline">July 1<div style="display:inline" class="gmail_default">2</div>th</div></div></div></b><b style="font-size:12.8px">, 2018</b><br><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline">10</div><div style="display:inline"></div><div style="display:inline">a</div>m<div style="display:inline"></div></div></div></div></div></span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px"></span></b><b 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