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The first earthquake shook Christchurch on 4 September 2010. Because it was the middle of the night, we experienced it as discrete events in the privacy of our own homes. We stood in doorways or ran into the street, texted to say 'we're ok' and to ask 'u?' - and then most of us went back to sleep. In the bright sunshine of the Saturday that followed, we picked up what had fallen, swept up the silt and marvelled at our escapes from true disaster - most of us - as we replayed our stories for our families, friends and neighbours. This earthquake, we thought, was a singular event - disruptive and destructive, dramatic but finite.
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