The quake hit the country’s South Island just before 1 p.m. local time.

当地时间临近下午一点，新西兰南部岛屿发生地震。

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Five minutes before the quake hit, dozens of peacocks started screeching.

就在地震前5分钟，几十只孔雀开始尖叫起来。

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When the quake hit, Rose would have been just waking up from her nap. The older children were playing outside.

在地震袭来的时候，罗丝大概刚从午觉中睡醒，年纪大一点的孩子们正在屋外玩耍。

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Alix Placid and his neighbors were working near the mountaintop when the quake hit.

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Volunteers from Indonesia's Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.

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The quake hit about 100 miles east of Acapulco, the Pacific tourist resort.

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Friday, getting his land ready for planting, when the quake hit.

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Houses collapsed and roads buckled when the quake hit, with much of the intensity concentrated in Lushan, a county just southwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu.

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