On the earthquake day I was at school playing dodge ball. Then it happened I was standing up the whole time. Leo was in still in the classroom but he ran out of the class. Then we went to the quad then an aftershock happened and Mr Norton was in the sunflower room, it was […]

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I remember when the ground started shaking. It felt like the ground was jelly and someone was shaking the plate the jelly was on. I was on the playground when it happened. I had just come of a spinning tyre when the earth started rolling around. At the start I thought I was just extremely […]

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‘My story’-Amber, 9, Halswell School

I was eating my lunch and you guessed it…another earthquake ahhhhh! I collapsed on my feet and I didn’t know what to do next, everybody got under the desk, so I did too, it was very scary .The teacher said lets go and have a look at the field when the rumbling stopped. The field […]

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The earthquake was scary.  I was scared.  It made me sad inside.  It made some people die.  Some peoples house are broken.  My and Jack’s school was broken down.  We can boil the water.  All my family are safe.

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Amber Skilling – 6, Opawa School On Tuesday an earthquake hit at reading time. When it happened Nana and Grandad came over then it happened and my fish tank fell over and smashed. My Nana was scared and she went as quick as lightning. Tyson Lenitua – 6, Opawa School I remember that one light […]

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‘My story’-Sophie, 12, Kaiapoi Borough School

On Saturday the 4th of September 2010,at 4:30 am,I was lying in my awake. I was daydreaming about food,when my window began to rattle and the whole house began to sway.I sat up in bed,trying to work out where the noise and the shaking were coming from, and what on earth was making the house […]

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On September the 4th there was a earthquake magnitude 7.1 at 4.38. That night my sister lauren had two friends over, at first I thought it was Lauren and her friends shaking my bed then I turned on my lamp. When I saw everything shaking I knew it was a earthquake, about three seconds later […]

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It was February 22nd, My morning at school was going perfectly fine until that after noon, Everything changed in everyones life. I was sitting on the couch in the corridor in my syndicate block. There was a very loud rumble, It sounded like the 7.1, in fact worse. Every one was screaming trying to get […]

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On the 4th pf September somewhere around 4:00am a 7.1 earthquake struck. I was in my bed asleep. My cat dug his claws into my arm. It woke me up and then everything started moving and shaking violently. I pulled the covers over my head and put my hands over my face. I thought the […]

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On the 22nd of February we had the 6.3 earthquake.We were playing free hug Wednesday and it start shaking. When it start happening Jurney and Karley came running to us and hugged me. It was so scary. Jurney was crying and Karley too. I was so worried about my family working in Christchurch and all […]

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On the 22nd of February we had the 6.3 earthquake. I was at school and it was lunch time. My sister was at the library. I was sad because I couldnʼt find my sister. But I did. When I found her I was so happy. Then the whole school went to the hall then we […]

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Me and Jed were walking around and Jed said “Stop Dylan, feel this and the ground was shaking. Then we heard a bang like a shot gun and the whole ground was moving. The water in the swimming pool went crazy. I knew it was another earthquake straight away and I went looking for my […]

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It was scary in bed because the shelves were falling and books were crashing on top of me. I was at my friend’s house and there was a phone ringing after all the power went off.  I ran under the doorway and I thought the house was sinking.

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It was the 22nd of February, a normal Tuesday. When lunch time came round Ashley, Logan, Sophie, Kate and I were watching the movie Grease. We were almost finished when I could feel a small shaking. I turned to the others to ask if they could feel it when it got REALLY violent. I jumped […]

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On the day of the Boxing day earthquake I was at my Aunty Jo, Uncle Mark and Cousin Ellaʼs House, in Tai Tapu. My family had been there for Christmas day and we stayed the night in our caravan. Uncle Markʼs brother Robert, his wife Simon and their two children Caitlin and Antony were there […]

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Earthquake 4.35 a.m I’m lying in bed just about to go back to sleep when it started shaking. It got bigger,bigger and bigger! “Get under here”, yelled my dad. I ran under the door frame. When it stopped we all got under the bunk. My dad got a torch. We stayed there for a while […]

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Christchurch’s devastating 6.3 earthquake, 12.51pm, 22 F eb 2011 My friends and I were sitting at our desks watching the ending song in Grease, then Mr George came into our classroom before he went to the staffroom to have his lunch. As soon as he left the classroom started shaking. I sat at my desk […]

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