Table 2 Reasons why New Zealand respondents thought EEW would be useful, compared with Japan respondents (Nakayachi et al., 2019, p.11).

From: Earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand: a survey of public perspectives to guide warning system development

 

New Zealand (%) (N = 2607)

Japan Study 1: Gunma (%) (N = 224)a

Japan Study 2: Chiba (%) (N = 337)a

I would be able to mentally prepare myself for what is coming

83

83

83

I would be able to physically prepare myself for the physical actions that I would need to take to protect myself from an earthquake

91

38

34

I would be able to protect myself

79

29

26

I feel like I wouldn’t panic and would be able to move quickly

50

24

28

I would be able to help or save other people nearby

79

23

18

I would be able to get some sort of information about the earthquake, even if I didn’t feel the shaking

46

22

18

EEW would inspire me to participate in training and drills

21

5

4

Other

6

0

1

  1. aThe Japan questions were phrased as “I can” rather than “I would […]”, with a subtle phrasing difference for the question about training in which EEW was referred to as the “first step”.
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