I had finished my lunch and started a game of hockey when I felt the rumble then I hit the ground. Just before it finished I looked to the right and saw water come out of room four's gutters and it looked like a waterfall. Once it had finished I jumped up and ran to the line. Mrs Welsh counted us and then she did the roll call. There were two people who had gone before lunch.
Someone in room ten said "look a volcano!" I said " that's not a volcano, it's liquification", then everyone saw the liquification. A little group of the M team went out on the field to move because the liquification kept on coming at us, then we moved to a clear spot.
An hour after the earthquake my Dad picked me and Hamish up to go to his work. He tried ringing our Mum so we went home. On the way home we felt a shake, the truck and the power poles shook. Once we got home, my Dad rang our Mum she said she was at my Dad's work. Once we got back to his work our Mum wasn't there so we waited and then she got there we went back home and collected the mail. One letter was a scratch card, so I scratched it on the couch while my Mum and Hamish went up stairs. When they came down we turned on the news. My Mum knew two people who were in the CTV building.
Later one night my Mum showed me the Grand Chancellor hotel from our top floor but we could not see it leaning due to the angle of our house.
I felt scared during the earthquake but now I feel safer because there are less and smaller aftershocks.
by Cameron
Cameron, thank you for your detailed recount of the earthquake. I'm glad you are feeling safer now.
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