Earthquake

On Monday 14th 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck north of Christchurch, near Hanmer Springs.The earthquake was 16 km deep and struck at 12.02am.After that there were over 12 more aftershocks across the country including two 6.2 magnitude quakes near Kaikoura.A tsunami warning was issued to a number of areas around New Zealand. This included all of the East Coast of New Zealand, both in the North Island and the South.  A 2m tsunami hit Kaikoura.

A lot of people in New Zealand were woken up by the earthquake. I slept right through. Mum said because we live on a hill we didn’t feel it.

My nana and poppa were visiting Aunty Jenny in Wellington. Poppa was not happy to have to get out of his nice warm bed and evacuate up the hill.

Lots of farmers around Kaikoura and Culverton could not milk their cows because of the damage. Luckily people helped fix the sheds and the cows could be milked.