It has been documented that people that are involved in a flashbulb event have more accurate recollections compared to people that were not involved in the event . Recollections of those who experienced the Marmara earthquake in Turkey had more accurate recollections of the event than people who had no direct experience . In this study , the majority of participants in the victim group recalled more specific details about the earthquake compared to the group that was not directly affected by the earthquake , and rather received their information about it from the news . Another study compared Californians ' memories of an earthquake that happened in California to the memories of the same earthquake formed by people who were living in Atlanta . The results indicated that the people that were personally involved with the earthquake had better recall of the event . Californians ' recall of the event were much higher than Atlantans ' , with the exception of those who had relatives in the affected area , such that they reported being more personally involved . The death of Pope John Paul II has created many Flashbulb Memories among people who were more religiously involved with the Catholic Church . The more involved someone is to a religion , city or group , the more importance and consequentially is reported for an event . More emotions are reported , resulting in more consistent Flashbulb Memories
Marmara
1999 İzmit earthquake
Flashbulb memory