The earthquake happened because the continental plate and the oceanic plate collided, making the oceanic plate go beneath, when it snapped, that caused the earthquake. This also caused the tsunami, which had an effect on New Zealand.
This devastating Earthquake happened just recently, it was a strong 
magnitude of 7.5. The tragedy may have been a whopping size in magnitude, it actually didn’t kill a lot of people (only 2 people died).
The effects of this earthquake were that New Zealand’s citizens had to move quickly to other places because their homes weren’t fit for anyone to live in.
This monster went all over New Zealand and shook many houses. Many streets were practically split in half due to the chaos this terror of an earthquake brought to this harmless town. It just got worst every 5 minutes. It was only early on Monday when this happened. Even a Tsunami came into view that was 15 meters deep and 100 meters back from the coast. It is strange that only 2 people died. This is because New Zealand is a very rich country, so they had enough to build earthquake proof buildings.
It may have been a 7.5, but scientists who studied this, pushed it up to a 7.8. This is a picture from the Earthquake, food smashed on the floor, cartons leak as they get stomped on by panicked citizens.
Many of these earthquakes are normally just short and they would go away, but this one kept on going on and on. It was getting worse every minute or so.
This devastating earthquake only killed 2 people, but it had a giant effect on the whole of New Zealand. It will stay as the most tragic thing that has ever happened in the whole of the country’s history.
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