My eyes flickered open to a petrifying sound. Everything was pitch black like the night sky. I heard muffled screams from every direction. I took everything in slowly with fright. I felt for my lamp and I jerked down the switch quickly and compellingly. It would not even flicker. Devoted to my bed, I gave […]

Quickly! Get u p! Get up! My mind was wondering what was happening. I paused for a second to think, then I realised there was an extraordinary shake jolting the house. It was an EARTHQUAKE! I was so petrified, I ran straight to the doorway, I huddled there with Charlotte until it was over. We […]

Crash, crash, I woke up. I thought I could hear a huge gust of wind but it wasn’t, it was an earthquake. I woke up my friend and we rushed down the stairs like cheetahs. Our whole family got our steal and concrete table. The earthquake was still roughly shaking the house while we were […]

On Saturday 4th September 2010 I was shaken out of my bed. I hit the ground and hopped back in again. I yelled to Mum “Earthquake!” I thought it was the end of the world. I jumped out of the hallway and onto the stairs. We ran down the stairs and went to my brother’s […]

Major shakes woke me. I was absolutely terrified. James, Brogan and I all scurried under the table. I thought the roof was going to come down on top of us. The bad part was that we had no power, lucky enough we have a generator. We had the Nobles and Miss Stewart over at our […]

The house was shaking. Roaring like an ogre. The rumbling woke me up it was like a giant picked the house up and threw it like a rag doll. I was terrified. I thought it was the end. “Drae! Drae!” screamed Mum. I was too shocked to reply, it was carnage. It is an earthquake! […]

When we had the earthquake we got under the table and held on. I drank water then we went and sat in the car and listened to the radio. Chester aged 8 When we had the earthquake we got under the table and held on. I drank water then we went and sat in the […]

On the night of the Canterbury quake my house shook like mad. At first I thought I was in Te Papa at the earthquake house, then I realised it was a real earthquake! I was too shocked to get out of bed so I dug my head into my smooth white pillow. Then I heard […]

The house and I were shaking  Mum was doing a turtle over my little sister, Kira. Tom was shouting to Dad to go and get him from his high bed as his ladder was shaking so much he couldn’t get down. But I was just sitting on my bunk thinking it was lightening striking the […]

Cricky! Quickly I scrambled down under my bed covers, then Dad exclaimed “Stay in bed kids, it’s an earthquake!” In seconds Mum dashed down the hall. She sat on my bed till it was over but by the time she got down to my room it was over. I was petrified. Dad went to the […]

Yikes!! I was scared when I got under the table. I got dressed when I got up to my Grandad’s house. We borrowed his generator and got power back. Yay!

At first I thought that someone was shaking my bed. Mum called out for me and said earthquake!! Quickly I shot out my hand to really quickly grab my torch so I could see. I helped Mum get Simon and Toby. Dad was following us out to the kitchen. I said should we get some […]

When my house shook I got under the blankets and waited for it to stop. Then the bed stopped shaking I got up and went out to the lounge and everyone was already in there shivering and scared. They said it was an earthquake.

On Saturday we had an earthquake. I thought Jack was shaking my bed so I said “go away Jackson”. I looked but no one was there. Then Dad shouted it’s an earthquake! So I stumbled up to Mum’s room and Jack and I stood in the door.

When I woke up everything was shaking, I knew it was an earthquake. I curled up into a turtle in my bed then Dad came running to my doorway shouting “Abbey get up it’s an EARTHQUAKE!!!” So I hurried out of bed and ran to my door. Dad said “sit here while I go and […]

I heard a loud rumble, I was rocking from side to side, Tiffany was screaming, I had no idea what was going on. It sounded like someone was smashing the windows. I heard a zap!! The power was off. Mum couldn’t find her torch then Mum came screaming up the hall and said “Earthquake, Earthquake!!” […]

Earthquake!! My Mum shouted and I got out of bed and ran to the bottom bunk and prayed to God ‘please make it stop!’ “I don’t want to die” I said to Mum and Mum said you won’t die and I didn’t but my Mum’s plants died. The power and water went off. After I […]