Earthquake

The fourth of September 2010 a destructive earthquake shook Canterbury at four thirty five am. The earthquake magnitude was seven point one on the Richter scale. The fault line runs through New Zealand, that’s why it hit Christchurch. It was life threatening.

At the time when the earthquake terribly struck, all the power went off and the traffic lights were unstable. Petrol stations were completely off and cars were filling their tanks with out paying. The tectonic plates has not moved for sixteen thousands years, no one noticed the plates were there because it was too deep. Australia and Pacific plates were the ones that moved.

The earthquake was devastating but there were no one killed, only a severely injured man. A lady had a heart attack. A chimney fell on a man causing injuries and was put in to an induced coma for a week but he is still alive.

When the earthquake happened I was still asleep, pretty crazy but my sister came into my room and slapped me so hard that I had a red cheek. I quickly woke up and the power went off. I thought that someone was coming to kill us. I quickly got up and ran to the car, then I asked my sister what is happening, she said the earthquake, I was thinking what the flip.

If the earthquake strikes again people could be more prepared.

Jordan

Year 7