As I was sleeping a massive earthquake struck on Saturday the 4th of September, not helping was my dream about a caravan thinking my family was in it going to roll backwards onto the road. I hid under my covers hoping it was just a dream it wasn’t. My dad came in and said “are […]

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“I got a shock”- Flynn M, 5, Marshland School

In the earthquake I got a shock.  I went under my brother’s bed.  I thought my brother was shaking the bed. There are little cracks in my house but not on the driveway.

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I was scared when the earthquake happened.  I got into bed with mum and dad. Dad went and got the torches from the garage.  It felt good with Mum and Dad.

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“My draws flew out”- Oliver, 5, Marshland School

My heart was racing when the earthquake was shaking.  My draws flew out and dad had to get me out of my bed. There are cracks in the driveway, walls and floor now.

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‘The Earthquake’- Natalia, 5, Marshland School

The earthquake was scary.  We got under the table like a turtle and held onto its legs.  We have cracks in our house but someone will try and fix them.

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When the earthquake happened I thought I was in an army truck but I didn’t care. Just as I was about to go back to sleep Daddy called ‘Millie, earthquake get into my bed’. He had been bashing against the walls. I was squashed in my Mum and Dad’s bed. It was freaky. In the morning […]

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On September 4th there was a 7.1 earthquake. Me and Joseph thought it was an army truck but then we realised it was an earthquake. I fell out of bed, then I got back in. Suddenly Dad came down the hall and shouted ‘Earthquake, Earthquake’. I scrambled to the floor and ran to Mum and Dad’s bed. […]

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I felt our house  moving and I thought it was going to crash into our next door neighbours fence.   It was sort of scary. I was going to go back to sleep when Dad said ‘it’s an earthquake’. Mum shouted ‘get the kids’ .

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‘My story’ -Jemma, 5, Lyttelton West School

It was night-time when the earthquake came and I was in bed sleeping. So was Kate my little sister, Mummy and Daddy were also sleeping. When the earthquake was shaking Kate held on to her pillow and the earthquake bounced me out of bed! I slept with Brown Bear, my toy bear, who I bought […]

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On Saturday my brother said it felt like a giant picked up our house and shook it all around.

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When the Earthquake happened I almost fell off my bunk! It was scary! I said “help Dad”! When the Earthquake happened I almost fell off my bunk! It was scary! I said “help Dad”!

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‘The Earthquake’-Emma, 6, Westburn School

On Friday night I was scared. I didn’t know what was going on, until Mum came into my room and told me it was an earthquake. We didn’t have much damage. The only thing that broke was a glass jar with nothing in it. The other thing that broke was a thing of spices. We […]

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“The diggers fixed it up”-Dylan, 3

The morning there was an earthquake I almost got a little bit scared. The earthquake was a little bit rumbling and it made me shake like a tower. Poppy was crying and mummy got her. Daddy put me under the table but we were’nt scared then. The buildings got knocked down and they got broken […]

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When the earthquake started Daddy ran in. He grabbed me but he couldn’t get across the room to get Dylan. Daddy finally got across the room and got Dylan. Then we got in the kitchen and got under the table. Dylan and Daddy had a torch. Then we got back into bed, Daddy got into […]

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‘On Holiday’-Stephen, 11

When the earthquake struck, our house shifted a little and made some cracks in the front of the house. It wasn’t safe to stay there, especially when there were more earthquakes coming. We are staying with our grandparents. I don’t really mind as I’ve got my PS3 and it’s like we are on holiday.

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“Like being in a washing machine”-James, 9

I always used to go to my friends house on the weekends but now it is hard becouse there was a big earthquake and now I can’t for the moment.  I was really scared in the earthquake, it felt like being in a washing machine. I was under the table with dad and our dog […]

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