The Earthquake

At 4:35 on September the 11th 2010 there was a earthquake in Christchurch and Canterbury. According to my dad I slept through half of it. It was really freaky and I could hear things around me falling. When I realized it was a earthquake I ran under my doorframe. When we were sure the earthquake was over we went down to the garage and listened to the radio in the car. We couldn't listen to the radio or sterio in our house beacause they needed electricity. Then my mum and Dad made coffee on our campstove/gascooker. Later on in the day we scootered around to look a the damage. There was no damage in our house. It was amazing beacause the was a wineglass sitting on the edge of a table and it didn't fall. There was a guy on the otherside of the road and his chimly fell on him.

Sophie M

The earthquake

On saturday the 4th of september there was an earthquake. It was 7.1 magnatude on the Richter scale. When it happened I jumped out of bed and under my doorway. The earthquake was the biggest one since 1930. When we were sure that the big one was over we ran downstairs and under the table. Dad went to get pillows, duvets and torches. The earthquake had hit at 4:30 in the morning so we still had a big sleep. In the morning we went out for a drive to look at the buildings that had been damaged. It was mainly brick buildings that had been around for a long time. Our chimney was made of brick so the bottom of it was cracked and it was on a slight lean. We stayed at our grandparents house after that since it was up on a hill in redcliffs and we were close to our cousins, so we were with faimily. I hope there is not another earthquake!