Earthquake+Experiences

Everyone in our room had some experience to recount of the 7.1 magnitude Canterbury Earthquake. We have kept up to date through the internet and TV news and found the pictures and stories scary and saddening. Our school has taken part in collecting food for the Red Cross to distribute. Some of the students were keen to share their thoughts and feeling about this major earthquake.

There has been lots of suitable resources developed on the web to help children cope with the earthquake. You could look at this website to read childrens experiences or contribute if you want to. Website for Kids Post Earthquake Here is a site you might like to tell your kids about. It encourages kids to tell share their stories. In the following ways []


 * How they overcame hardship and personally coped with the disaster
 * How they supported one another
 * How their community came together

The Earth Shattering Quake - by Lucy

In the weekend I experienced a very terrifying experience – my third natural disaster. My first and second were a typhoon and 5.4 earthquake. This was much bigger. This 7.1 earthquake is said to be the biggest in the century. The epicenter was Darfield – where my Grandma lives by herself. Thankfully she was in Auckland for the weekend with our cousins. She was lucky because she experienced my other earthquake aswell and she was terrified. On the morning of the earthquake, Dad ran for Emma and Mum went for Sophie as she was still sleeping. I was left in bed. By the time I realized I was too stunned to move. Then it was over. My family (five of us) then slept in Mum and Dads bed for the night. Not easy! Later that day (about eight o’clock) Frances came over because she was scared out of her wits. Her house is very old. She stayed with us for the rest of the morning and had breakfast with us too. I can’t believe the damage it has made through our second largest city. It has devastated thousands. The emotion is very high. It is all over the news. My uncle in L.A rang us because it’s main news in America. My Grandma and Grandad rang from England also. This has defiently put New Zealand on the world stage.

Canterbury's Earthquake

On Saturday the 4th of September Canterbury had an earthquake at 4:35am. It was really lucky that it was early in the morning because during daytime people would have been walking on the streets. We were also lucky there were no deaths. My Aunty was really lucky because she lives in Christchurch on a hill and she got no damage. Christchurch was the place with lots of damage like cracks in the road; buildings in pieces some people don’t even have a home anymore. by Jessica