UC QuakeBox

The UC QuakeBox was established in 2012 after two major earthquakes occurred in September 2010 and February 2011 in the Canterbury region. Our mission is to record stories from Cantabrians about their experiences in the quakes and to store the audio and video files in a large database.

The Quake Box is currently taking a break. To date there have been over 730 people recorded sharing their earthquake story.

The Quake Box was deployed around different areas of Christchurch including Re:Start Cashel Mall, Eastgate Mall, the New Brighton Library, Brooklands Community Hall, Lyttelton, Sumner, Canterbury A & P Show and Westfield Mall.

UC QuakeBox in the media

• UC Quake Box featured on Radio NZ National Programme (July 2012)
• UC Quake Box featured in a TV1 news story
• Article in The Press about the relocation of the QuakeBox to Eastgate Mall.