NEWS ARTICLEBy Parehina P

WHERE AND WHENAt 12.15 pm on Tuesday afternoon there was an earthquake. But at first it was a little baby earthquake then a bigger. It got lots of people trapped. The city had crumbled and ruined. Every 2 minutes earthquakes from the big earthquake hit and then lots of more people got trapped. Also their was fire service recuesers trying to find people. There was a fire at the CTV building.

It was a shallow earthquake -5km deep. Water mains broke - floods flowing everywhere and rescuers walking all day and night. People were banging and shouting for help.

EXTRA INFORMATION It was like the city got bombed. After shocks were every 2 minutes. The power got cut off so there was no phones or airports and trains. People were injured, the hospitals busy, then usa sent supplies.