Earthquake Responses

Yesterday afternoon two earthquakes took place in Motutapu Island, Auckland. The earthquakes were both 15 km north-east of Auckland. The first one occurred at 4:01 and the next was shortly after at 4:05. The first quake was 3.1 magnitude and was 6 km deep, the second quake was a 3.9 magnitude at 5 km deep. These are some responses of some people who have experienced the quake(s).

Independent Writing BMX

Yesterday me and my mates Potaua and Xavier went for a ride after school on our bikes. All three of us have Mongooses, Mongoose is BMX brand. First we headed to the stage in the middle of G.I. At the stage we just practice manualing and stuff. A manual is when you try ride one wheel (back or front) up for long. When we got bored we went around G.I free-riding.

Next we found some stairs by the G.I library and Potaua was first to jump them, then I was next then followed Xavier. I thought I could never do it, but I did. We all headed to my house and we practised manualing. I did not know how to bunny hop so Pots and Xavier taught me.

After practising for a while I did a bunny hop I was happy. Next I tried bunny hopping on to a small roundabout and I did it. Xavier told me to try jump on to a small curb I tried and popped my back tyre. I failed. Then I went home.