earthquake – Ruth Rosenfeld

Christchurch

I visited the city of Christchurch twice. Although it’s the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand, and the second largest in the country, it’s not that big—the population is less than 400,000. Between those visits in 2010 and 2014, on February 22, 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake damaged Christchurch, killing 186 people.Continue reading “Christchurch”

Armchair Historians podcast: Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami

I had the pleasure recently of being interviewed on Armchair Historians podcast about my personal account of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Although I wasn’t in one of the disastrously affected areas, I was living twenty-five minutes west of Tokyo at the time and it literally shook my world and impacted the lives ofContinue reading “Armchair Historians podcast: Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami”