United States Citizen Named Among New Zealand Earthquake Dead

A young American woman has been named among the 166 people confirmed to have died in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake which struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on February 22.

Police on Wednesday confirmed the identities of a further eight people who died in the Christchurch earthquake, with 27 year old Rachel Elizabeth CONLEY of the United States being the first American victim of the deadly quake.

The other seven named today are:

* Ivy Jane CABUNILAS, 33, of the Philippines * Rachel Elizabeth CONLEY, 27, of the United States of America * Dian Mary FALCONER, 54, of Christchurch * Adam Stephen FISHER, 27, of Belfast, Christchurch * Marian Isabella McKirdy HILBERS, 49, of Christchurch * Kelly Lynn MAYNARD, 43, of Christchurch * Michael Stuart Coulter STYANT, 41, of Christchurch * Stephen Robert WRIGHT, 46, of Christchurch

The full list of the dead follows, with the coroner saying it could be months before some victims are formally identified.

A

* Jayden Brytane ANDREWS-HOWLAND, age 15 of Aranui, Christchurch * Dr Maysoon Mahdi ABBAS, age 61 * Linda Isobel ARNOLD, age 57 of Christchurch

B

* Melanie Jane BROWN, age 54 of Christchurch * Dr Dominic Joseph Gerard BELL, age 45 of Christchurch *

Henry Ross BUSH, age 75 of Christchurch

C

* Ivy Jane CABUNILAS, 33, of the Philippines * Ian Neville CALDWELL, age 47 of Christchurch * Helen Margaret CHAMBERS, age 44 of Christchurch * Susan Patricia CHUTER, age 52 of Christchurch * Stephen COCHRANE, aged 43 of Bromley, Christchurch * Rachel Elizabeth CONLEY, 27, of the United States of America * Philip Graeme Reeve COPPEARD, age 41 of Christchurch * Donald Ashby COWEY, 82 of Christchurch * Andrew Christian Ross CRAIG, age 46 of Christchurch * Estelle Marie CULLEN, age 32 of Christchurch

D

* Betty Irene Dickson, age 82, of Christchurch * Joanna Clare Didham, age 35, of Christchurch * Paul Clarence DUNLOP, age 67, of Rolleston Selwyn District

F

* Marielle FALARDEAU, age 60 of Canada * Dian Mary FALCONER, 54, of Christchurch * Adam Stephen FISHER, 27, of Belfast, Christchurch * Maureen Valerie FLETCHER, age 75 of Christchurch

G

* Jaime Robert McDowell GILBERT, age 22 of Christchurch * Baxtor GOWLAND, age 5 months of Christchurch

H

* Natasha Sarah HADFIELD, age 38 of Kaiapoi * Jayden HARRIS, age 8 months of Christchurch * Yoshiko HIRAUCHI, 61 of Japan * Marian Isabella McKirdy HILBERS, 49, of Christchurch * Christopher Grant HOMAN, 34 of Christchurch

I

* Gabi INGEL, age 22 of Israel

L

* Ofer LEVY, age 22 of Israel * Haruthaya LUANGSURAPEESAKUL, age 32 of Thailand * Scott William Emerson LUCY, age 38 * Wai Fong LAU, age 87 of Christchurch * Catherine McNicol LUNNEY, age 62 of Christchurch * Normand LEE, age 25 of Christchurch * Adrienne Isobel LINDSAY, age 54 of Christchurch

M

* Matthew Stuart McEACHEN, age 25 * Owen Thomas McKENNA, age 40 of Christchurch * Kelly Lynn MAYNARD, 43, of Christchurch * Ofer Binyamin MIZRAHI, age 22 of Israel *

Kelsey Sinitta MOORE, age 18 of Christchurch * Jillian Lesley MURPHY, age 48 of Christchurch

N

* Melissa Ann NEALE, age 41 of Wellington

P

* Joseph Tehau POHIO, age 40 of Christchurch * Taneysha Gail PRATTLEY, age 5 weeks of Christchurch

R

* Joseph Stuart ROUTLEDGE (known as Stuart), age 74 of Christchurch * Lucy ROUTLEDGE, age 74 of Christchurch

S

* Jeff Pelesa SANFT, age 32 of Christchurch * Dr Allan Alexander SINCLAIR, age 45 of Christchurch * Neil Glyn STOCKER, age 58 * Christopher Patrick SMITH, age 48 of Selwyn * Michael Stuart Coulter STYANT, 41, of Christchurch

T

* Desley Ann THOMSON, age 32 of Christchurch * Gregory James TOBIN, age 25 of Christchurch * Shane Robert TOMLIN, age 42 of Christchurch

W

* Graham WEILD, age 77 * Joan Dorothy WEILD, age 76 * Lisa Patricia WILLEMS, age 43 of Christchurch * Siriphan WONGBUNNGAM, age 27 of Thailand * Murray John WOOD, age 56 of Christchurch * Owen Morris WRIGHT, age 40 of Lyttelton * Stephen Robert WRIGHT, 46, of Christchurch

Y

* Gilhwan YU, age 24 of Korea

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