On Saturday morning the 4th of September at 4.35 an earthquake shook Christchurch violently. It was marked 7.1 on the Richter Scale. I wasn’t at home, I was at my friends house, and that made it even more scary! We were in the lounge and I tried to calm my friend down by telling her […]
I was dreaming a good dream when suddenly my bed started shaking then my house started shaking. I ran into my nana and pops room the lights were flickering on and off. I ACCIDENTALLY ran into the chimney. We heard a bang we thought the water cylinder was falling of the roof we were lucky that […]
Crack! Crack! Crack! “Dad! Stop shaking my bed”, I said. But it wasn’t dad shaking it, it was an earthquake. I jumped out of bed and got under the doorway. “Get out of bed!” my dad was yelling while running up the stairs. After the earthquake me, my brother and my sister ran downstairs. “There’s […]
Bang! Smash! “What’s happening?” I yelled out. “Get under the bed and turn the lights on” As soon as we turned one light on the power went out. I was confused as I didn’t know what was happening. Then our house shook even more because our big block wall fell down. It sounded like a […]
I hear glass breaking. I smell fire in my room. I touch glass on my feet, it cuts my feet, I taste sweat, I feel sad. My home is going to be demolished because it has cracks in it. This is my house.
In my opinion earthquakes could break anything. I think that earthquakes break anything because they move. Another good point is earthquakes shake things. Some people think earthquakes break anything because they rub together. I think eathquakes break anything because the plates underground move.
On Friday there was a humongous earthquake. It was amazing. Suddenly there was a big bang. It was wobbly and ferocious. Finally it was over. Occasionally there is a big rumble and a grumble. The earthquake was 7.1. First they said 7.4. We were allowed to flush the toilet because we have our own sewage […]
This frightening disaster happened at 4.35am on a Saturday morning. I woke up with a fright, and I peered through the blind. I said, “Turn on the lights.” I seriously thought that I was in a nightmare! So I screamed really loudly for Mum. Then everybody came to the fire and it was only glowing […]
On Saturday morning at four thirty five am we all woke up to a humongous earthquake. All I could hear was smashing glass. It was annoying bouncing with an empty stomach. Then it stopped so my Dad got up and mum then Ethan then me then Seth and Ezra couldn’t get out of their room […]
On Saturday at 4.35 an earthquake struck Canterbury. During the quake, Mum’s favourite china set smashed. Luckily our chimney did not fall over. Yay. Our house didn’t get torn apart our house is fine. I felt scared because it was my first earthquake. The house was rumbling and grumbling ferociously smashing. After the quake looters […]
On Saturday at 4.35am in the morning an earthquake came. My mum jumped out of bed and went to grab Charlie. He was bouncing around sleeping. Finally mum got him out. I was yelling out “Dad Dad” he came and jumped on my bed, and my dresser came down and landed on my dad’s back […]
On Friday night we had an earthquake. We slept under the table. All of glasses broke and my Mum’s lamp got smashed. The chimney bent over. Our TV was on an angle. I felt scared. The house was shaking like mad. Our neighbours came and checked what happened to our house and told us to […]
About a week ago a huge earthquake struck us. There were cracks down the road, chimneys came down and worst of all a steel shelf fell on the bonnet of the Falcon! It was a disaster and the other car went right into the garage door! The dent on the door was huge. Sand volcanoes […]
On Saturday at 4.35am a humongous earthquake struck here in Christchurch. We were very lucky because not that much fell over. I was very terrified. After the main earthquake that was 7.1 we went and hopped into Mum and Dad’s bed. At 6.00am our neighbours came for a cup of coffee. Then my eyes exploded! […]
In the morning at 4.35am it started to wobble like mad. My blue lego plane fell down onto the floor. In our pantry everything fell down. Glass fell down and more like that. We went under the table when it started. It was frightening. Some after shocks are scary. I felt mad because it was […]
Last Saturday the earthquake happened in the morning at 4.35am. I was sleeping in Mum’s bed because Dad was away in England. Mum woke me up and it was still shaking. She told Ben, Hannah and I to get under a doorway. I felt a wee bit frightened because there were rattling and banging noises […]
Last Saturday there was a earthquake. It was at 4.35am in the morning! The earthquake was 7.4. It was wobbly. In the earthquake I woke up when Dad came charging in. Suddenly I heard a bang then my Dad shouted my name. Next my Dad carried me down the stairs. The stairs were moving and […]