On the 4th pf September somewhere around 4:00am a 7.1 earthquake struck. I was in my bed asleep. My cat dug his claws into my arm. It woke me up and then everything started moving and shaking violently. I pulled the covers over my head and put my hands over my face. I thought the […]
On the 22nd of February we had the 6.3 earthquake.We were playing free hug Wednesday and it start shaking. When it start happening Jurney and Karley came running to us and hugged me. It was so scary. Jurney was crying and Karley too. I was so worried about my family working in Christchurch and all […]
On the 22nd of February we had the 6.3 earthquake. I was at school and it was lunch time. My sister was at the library. I was sad because I couldnʼt find my sister. But I did. When I found her I was so happy. Then the whole school went to the hall then we […]
Me and Jed were walking around and Jed said “Stop Dylan, feel this and the ground was shaking. Then we heard a bang like a shot gun and the whole ground was moving. The water in the swimming pool went crazy. I knew it was another earthquake straight away and I went looking for my […]
It was scary in bed because the shelves were falling and books were crashing on top of me. I was at my friend’s house and there was a phone ringing after all the power went off. I ran under the doorway and I thought the house was sinking.
It was the 22nd of February, a normal Tuesday. When lunch time came round Ashley, Logan, Sophie, Kate and I were watching the movie Grease. We were almost finished when I could feel a small shaking. I turned to the others to ask if they could feel it when it got REALLY violent. I jumped […]
On the day of the Boxing day earthquake I was at my Aunty Jo, Uncle Mark and Cousin Ellaʼs House, in Tai Tapu. My family had been there for Christmas day and we stayed the night in our caravan. Uncle Markʼs brother Robert, his wife Simon and their two children Caitlin and Antony were there […]
Earthquake 4.35 a.m I’m lying in bed just about to go back to sleep when it started shaking. It got bigger,bigger and bigger! “Get under here”, yelled my dad. I ran under the door frame. When it stopped we all got under the bunk. My dad got a torch. We stayed there for a while […]
Christchurch’s devastating 6.3 earthquake, 12.51pm, 22 F eb 2011 My friends and I were sitting at our desks watching the ending song in Grease, then Mr George came into our classroom before he went to the staffroom to have his lunch. As soon as he left the classroom started shaking. I sat at my desk […]
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 […]