- Title p-PRT-1981-063
- Record Creation Date
- Summary An earthquake in the North Atlantic of intensity 7 on the Richter scale, struck the Azores in the afternoon of 1 January 1981, killing 50 persons, injuring some 300 and leaving more than 3000 families homeless. Four islands were affected : Terceira, São Jorge, Graciosa and Pico. No. 19 of 23 photographic prints (9 cm x 13 cm) with captions used for the Relief Operation Project 8001: Azores Earthquake. Caption: "Container"-settlement near Angra do Heroísmo. More information about this project can be found in our Library & Archive Catalogue: "[...] The relief effort, in conjunction with the Portuguese Red Cross, and largely funded by the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian Government focused on the two worst-hit islands those of São Jorge and Terceira. Immediate work predominantly involved providing tents for the homeless. The more long term efforts included the (re)construction of over 100 homes mainly in the village of Topo on the island of São Jorge chosen based on pre-existing economic conditions. Much of the labour was provided by the villagers themselves with the bulk of the costs being made up of materials and expertise. The reconstruction projected was completed in 1983." ROP 8001 Azores Earthquake : https://ifrc.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19875 Scanned from 35mm black and white negative using auto-exposure. Converted to JPEG and cropped the borders before upload. The first strip of this set was discarded as it was blank. The photographs p-PRT-1981-062, 064 have not been uploaded due to their lower quality and close resemblance to this current photo. Attached to the photographs was a sheet containing captions of names of families for whom homes were built. For privacy reasons, the captions have not been uploaded to shaRED. For enquiries about access and reproduction of this image please contact archives.contact@ifrc.org
- Resolution Medium Resolution (Between 1MB and 3MB)
- Region Europe
- Archive series Communications Photographs: PORTUGAL Les Açores septembre 1981. Film set labelled: Film II
- Archive source format Photographic Print, Negative
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- Alt Ref No 19
- Alternative title
- Date_Taken 22nd September 1981
- Keywords Archive, Earthquake, Shelter
- Language N/A
- Location São Jorge, Açores Terceira, Açores
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- Reference Number p-PRT-1981-063
- Rights usage terms For non-commercial use
- Subtitles N/A
- Copyright owner IFRC ?
- Country Portugal
- Credit line IFRC ?
- Existing Description
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