Earthquake Recount

Thank you to those children who have posted their experiences of the 7.1 Earthquake on our wiki. I have posted a link to the site so that children and teachers from around NZ can enjoy your stories.

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First Recount Posted Below

The first thing I remember is waking up and hearing a noise like an airplane taking off,at first I thought it was a car, but then the whole house started shaking wildly,doors we swinging and books were falling off shelves.I heard my parents shouting, "earth quake,earth quake!"
When the first quake had died down,we all huddled in doorways, fearfull of what was to come.
Then the after shocks started,large at first, then getting smaller.for almost an hour we sat there and all the time I was thinking about my family in the city,were they ok ? Had their houses stood the strain? Once we felt that it was safe to come out from under the doorways,we dragged all our beding into one room and attempted to get some sleep,but then the after shooks started up again!
At around 6.15, we couldn't stand it any longer, so we went up stairs and attempted to call our family, of course we couldn't get through to them because all the power was out in the city. Thank fully we still had power, but just in case, we brought the torches up from down stairs. The first thing my brother did was run and see if the TV and computer were ok, they were, luckily my books were as well.