On the 22nd of February the ground moved like never before. I was at school at the time watching a movie it only lasted a few minutes and the next thing you know BAM!!!!.The ground started moving like nothing I have ever felt before. Septemer the 4th was pretty big but this was far bigger […]

When the 6.3 earthquake struck I was at school .It was lunch time and I decided to go outside with 2 of my friends,Grace and Olivia while my other friends stayed inside chatting.When it happened we were just walking around outside when everyone screamed and ducked.Then Olivia ran to the middle of the field so […]

I was at school when the earthquake struck and it was so freaky. The ground underneath me cracked and all the liquifaction came squirting out. I had to hold all my emotions in so that I could help my friends. My mum was in the 5th story of a hospital and she didn’t like it […]

I was sitting down at school eating my lunch.  Then the earthquake started.  It felt like a giant was shaking the whole planet.  I had forgotten about the last earthquake but this made me remember.  Our teacher came out to see if we were alright.  I felt scared.  We went over to the field and […]

I was on the pole about to slide down when the whole thing started shaking.  I thought someone was at the bottom shaking it.  Then I realized that it was an earthquake.  I didn’t feel scared.  I jumped down as quickly as I could.  Children were wandering around, some were crying, looking for teachers to […]

My house shake and fall off.  I scared.  I not like earthquakes.

I was at the local swimming pool with my class when the earthquake struck. First the lights went out then there was shaking and waves that splashed my face, I wondered what it was. Our swimming instructor told us to stay in the pool in a huddle until the earthquake stopped. Then we ran out […]

I was in the PE shed with my mates when a huge jolt hit our school. Kids were screaming, crying, scared. I was scared then parents started arriving I was wondering what was going on it was just a aftershock .Than another huge jolt came that was no aftershock more parents started arriving more people […]

Screaming. Terror. People dying. People crying. Running to safety. With the ground shaking I ran to the field with my friends. Teachers sprinting to help the juniors that were terrified. Parents were coming from all parts of the school to see their kids. My heart goes out to all the Christchurch earthquake victims that lost […]

Me and my friends were walking around the school all of a sudden we felt like we were surfing along the ground only it wasn’t fun it was terrifying! We thought it was only a little aftershock but it got bigger and we realised it was a earthquake. To this day my heart goes to […]

We were playing cricket then the earthquake happened it felt like some one picked the school up and dropped it a lots of times. We went to the new building and watch a movie until my mum came.

It was lunch time and I was playing cricket when the quake hit. I looked up in horror to see the classroom shaking it was crazy, me and my friends we’re shocked I thought it was September all over again.

I was at home when this happened i was doing my homework then it struck it was pretty shaky. I dived under the table stayed there for a while because it went for a while it was really loud because I was near windows I was a bit worried about Michael because Boys high was […]

I was playing cricket on the court with my friends then suddenly the ground started moving and a rumbling sound emerged and people started running onto the field scared and worried, people screaming doors slammed, windows rattled, even the teachers looked frightened. Once it stopped, me and my friends returned to the court and continued […]

Imagine being in a small shed with sports items around you and then suddenly it was shaking and the noise sounded like the shed was going to fall down on me and my friends. I was so scared I thought my Mum was hurt and I did not know where Dad was. At school it […]

On Tuesday the 22/2/11 just before 1:00pm a big 6.3 earthquake hit. I was in the p.e shed with 2 other friends ,I was scared. When I went outside I saw heaps of parents coming to pick up their kids. When it started to rain the teachers told everyone to go into the auditorium. In […]

We were playing Cricket on a cloudy day on a Tuesday afternoon then a 6.3 earthquake hit LytTELton we all stood still as statues then all the teachers came out of the buildings we went out to the middle of the field then it started to rain on us we ran to our new building […]