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Article

22 Feb 2011

Author:
Tom Jowitt, eWEEK Europe (UK)

Google Launches New Zealand Earthquake Website

Google has set up a website to help people locate survivors [of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand]…Dubbed, the Person Finder, Google’s website allows people in Christchurch to upload or request information about individuals...Google has also created a general crisis response page to the earthquake, which contains emergency telephone numbers, and links to the New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, as well as the New Zealand Red Cross for donations. There are also Twitter links to those feeds related to the earthquake [also refers to Microsoft, Apple]