The Kaikoura earthquake
On the 14th of November there was an earthquake at 12.02 pm and it was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake it destroyed lots of power lines, roads and houses.
But we are still lucky because 5 years ago the Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people but this one killed 2 people one had a heart ‘attack then the other one was crushed by a building.
After the earthquake there were more than 250 aftershocks occurring over the whole of New Zealand. When the earthquake occurred I thought it was just the cats fighting and smashing into the walls and my door, but I was too tired to find out so I just went back to sleep.
Thousands of crayfish and shellfish have been destroyed and their homes have also been destroyed by the earthquake, because the seabed has been raised by 2 whole metres. Down below is a picture of the seabed being raised by 2 metres.
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