I was playing on the playground before the earthquake happened and then just before it, I decided I wanted to climb the rope climbing wall. When I was sitting on the first bit the earthquake happened. It felt really scary and the first thing I wanted to do was get away from the climbing walls […]
I was standing outside and suddenly the ground just started shaking. after the earthquake we all had do go line up on the grass. I never want to experience any think like that again. The ground shook so violently. I it was like the world got picked up and thrown and then put back down.
It was a nice day I was eating my lunch and then it happening it was a terrifying earthquake it felt like being in a salt shaker getting shaked. It was freaky. My friend said he wanted to phone Pizza Hut when it happened. I was petrified. I was scared when I saw my mums […]
On the 22nd of February 2011 I was at Kings Swimming pool. There was a little shake then splash a 6.3 Quake was happening. We were out of the pool as fast as we could turtle!! When it was not as shaking we went outside. That was a big earthquake.
In last Tuesdays earthquake I was just by the big fort on the senior playground.When it hit I just ran under the fort and grasped onto one of the poles. When it stopped I ran into my classroom and jumped under my desk. Two minutes later I got out from under my desk and went outside. Then […]
When the earth Quake struck I was running through the corridor at school to get my hat because it was lunch.And the milli second I stepped into the class room all my friends jumped under a desk then I found myself diving under a desk too. It was like I made the earth quake!! Then […]
When the earthquake hit I was running to put my lunch box away then suddnly the grounds started shaking. I fell into a bush. I was freaked out. then I was actually thinking about my family and pets and relised I had pet guiniepigs and knew they were only nearly 1. I WAS WORRIED!!! then on […]
Hi my name is Corben and I’m ten and a half years old. I was in the lounge when it hit I was home sick in a couch bed eating lunch. suddenly everything was shaking I flung off my blanket and I raced to the nearest doorway. it went forever my dad was at home short […]
I was at Jelly Park then left and got to the school car park walking to class then the earthquake started and only 4 people were not crying and one was me that did not cry and I told every one that cried that it was ok and they didn’t listen then we were in […]
I hated the 6.3 earthquake! It was scarier than the 7.1 in September. I really hope we don’t get any more extremely strong aftershocks. This is my story of what happened to me in the earthquake. On Tuesday the 22nd of February I was in the classroom with my friends Ashleigh and Hannah eating our […]
On Tuesday the 22nd of February there was a 6.3 earthquake. I was on the playground when it happened. It felt like thunder under the ground. When it hit the whole school went in a turtle. I was worried about Nicholas. When it had finished I was running around the tennis court looking for Grace […]
When we were playing in the playground a strong aftershock just got bigger and bigger and bigger. And then nearly all the school went like turtles. It was quite scary but I didn’t cry. Some of my friends did. We went into the multipurpose room and did some jump jam and then watched the Magic […]
Residential buildings – ripped. Roads and fields – ruined. Historical structures – demolished. People – homeless and scared. Such were the cruel antics of the 2010 earthquake, in Christchurch New Zealand. We received no previous warnings regarding the 7.1 magnitude quake – and as a result, everyone was unprepared. This devastating earthquake will not be […]
It was just a normal day and I was eating lunch with Sarah. Suddenly the room started shaking; I panicked and dived under my desk leaving Sarah to have to dive under the desk next to me. The shaking was so violent and went on for what felt like hours. I held onto my desk […]
While we were at school there was an earthquake. An enormous one. It happened while my sister and me were showing the duty teacher our lunch boxes. Then bang it happened. I ran to the field, I was really scared . When I saw my mum I felt safer. After we hopped in the car […]
On Tuesday the 22nd of February an Earthquake struck! I had just finished eating lunch and was in the classroom putting my lunchbox away .When suddenly I felt an earthquake it was huge! I was trying to get under a table but I fell over from all the shaking .I had tried to get up […]
On Tuesday the 22nd February 2011 I was having lunch at 12.30pm. After that I put my lunch box way and went with my friends to the back of the classroom. All of a sudden the ground started to shake. I yelled “run out to the field” to my friends. I ran out to the […]