When the earthquake began I just hopped out of bed. I ran screaming around my bedroom. Then mum said, “Come here. Come here.” And I did. And then I smashed my head into the door. I forgot that mum just shut the door. Then I opened the door. Then mum said go off to the […]

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On Saturday there was an earthquake. My sister was in the toilet. When she came out the light was going off and on. She was very scared. She went in mum’s room and went in mum’s bed. My mum thought she was dreaming of an earthquake. Then she sat on her bed. She shouted “an […]

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When it started I thought it was a truck. Then a truck with 30 trailers on it. Then I thought it was an aeroplane. Then it was like trucks of cement being poured on the roof. I dived under my brother’s bed and got carpet burn on my knees. It was so loud. My mum […]

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At the time of the earthquake I thought it was just hail. I thought no its thunder instead. Then it started coming at me. I quickly went to my sister’s Rebekah’s room and I said, “What is going on?” She said, “Go away” I said “No” Then mum and dad came running down the hall […]

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When the Earthquake happened we were all asleep and suddenly an earthquake happened. My brother slept through the earthquake and my dad chucked me onto the bed. My dog Pip barked every time it shook and I thought my fish tank broke. I shouted to mum and she said it’s ok. Now can you go […]

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On September 4th we had an earthquake! Our house was moving from side to side and it was a 7.1 earthquake. That was pretty bad. I was like very frightened even more frightened. What happened is my dad just jumped on me. I didn’t like it but he was just protecting me. After the earthquake […]

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Not a sound was to be heard, all were asleep in the most gloomy hour of the morning. Suddenly, I heard a rumble which continued to the sound of a thousand trains steaming through my home. The Canterbury earthquake was upon us. My name is Rylee Seil and this is my account of the most […]

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I woke to the sound of one thousand trains and crashing through the house, but then I realized it wasn’t one thousand trains it was the horrifying sound of an earthquake! It was September the 4th 2010 at 4:35 in the morning when the big earthquake hit Christchurch. On the day of the earthquake I […]

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In the night I was asleep until I got shaken so much and my dad said, “It’s a big one.” Next he picked me up and threw me under the table like a rugby ball. I was clinging to the table leg. I was so scared. Some of my neighbours slept right through it like […]

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When the earthquake began I was fast asleep. Then suddenly a big smash came from my sister’s bedroom. So I quickly got up to see if my sister was all right. She was fine but the netball hoop smashed the window. When the netball hoop got smashed in the bedroom. my mum was walking to […]

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One Saturday morning, I experienced a natural disaster, the first in my life! It was an exciting day, but it was also terrifying. I was at home expecting a normal day but I got more than I bargained for, this is my experience. On Saturday 4th of September 2010 I was happily snoozing away in […]

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On September 4th 2010, the most stressful time of the year, maybe of our life. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook us in fear. But we tried our hardest to push through it. I am writing about the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that happened in 2010. Rumble, Crack, Smash “What’s going on” I screamed. Next all the […]

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When the earthquake happened I slept through most of the small earthquake and then it woke me up. I didn’t even feel it and then the 7.1 hit. My brother slept through the whole thing and through the aftershocks. I looked to see what fell over. It was my basketball hoop. Nothing happened to the […]

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When the 7.1 Canterbury earthquake happened it woke me up. I was so scared. When the earthquake was over I got up. Then me and my mum went into the lounge. We saw broken plants and cups. When it was over I went upstairs. I slept until the morning. The next day I was still […]

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On September 4th 2010 I was fast asleep. My dad raced in and woke me up and yelled “Get under the bed” I did what he said and I got out of bed. By the time it had finished Dad had just got under. As we got out another one came so we ran into […]

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Ahh! My dad screamed out loud and then I realized it was an earthquake. I got up and ran to the door and thought I was in a nightmare. After I ran to my mum she said it was OK. It was not Ok because an aftershock hit. When my mum looked on the earthquake […]

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‘My Story’- Chloe, 10, Wharenui School

I was so tired I didn’t even wake up from the rumbling and shaking. It felt like 1000 trains running past. Hello, my name is Chloe and I am going to tell you about my massive earthquake experience, on Saturday 4th of September at 4:35am. When the massive earthquake hit, the house was shaking and […]

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