Silver Hills Earthquake

In 2007, Silver Hills suffered its biggest disaster when an earthquake occurred. The earthquake is regarded as the biggest disaster storyline in the novels.
The plane itself was flying over Britain from Eastern Europe on its way to Canada when it exploded over Beckindale. Fireballs shot down from the sky and much of the village lay in ruins. The earthquake started around 7:45 PM when several of its residents were enjoying a normal night out and staying home routines. Fires and explosions ripped through cottages, main roads were blocked, black smoke was everywhere, Beckindale's green and pleasant land was engulfed in flames and chemicals and debris. All 250 people on the plane plus 9 villagers including Archie Brooks, Mark Hughes, Leonard Kempinski and Elizabeth Pollard were killed and Chris Tate was left paralyzed.
==Notes==
*Author Maryam Wells wrote the Earthquake episode as her first scary episode of the AAU series.
*Mrs. Crawford, who bullied Alicia Alcott in front of the entire Biology class in Holey, Mole-y, was killed in the earthquake.
*Katie Frankel from the series, Just the Seven of Us, was born during the aftermath of the Earthquake. She was delivered by her half-brother, Ryan Frankel.
*Niki Merrick was injured in the quake at the Castelli's Pizza Shack.
*Sierra Jennings and Matt Wright had their first kiss with each other in the quake while searching for their families.
*Trent Alcott and Will Jennings reconciled their relationship after surviving the Earthquake.
==Mentions==
*In Aftershock: Part 2, Places in Silver Hills were either destroyed or severely damaged.
*In Senior Beginnings, it was revealed that Sierra Jennings' house was destroyed in the earthquake and she moves in with Alicia while her mother and younger sister move in at Niki Merrick's condo.
*In , where Kristy Castelli, a teacher at Silver Hills High, mentions the Earthquake to her student, Brooke Madison, a future student in Just the Seven of Us. She tells her that she is frightened by Earthquake because of the experience and she also mentions that Niki Merrick, Brooke's favorite fashion designer and Kristy's friend was injured in the quake and almost died of her injuries.
*In -, Tamara Dawson questions her teacher, Ms. Kristy Castelli about the Silver Hills Earthquake when she is asked to do an article about the earthquake that nearly destroyed Silver Hills on its' 20th anniversary. Ms. Castelli was uncomfortable talking about it and leaves her. Then Tamara learns that Ms. Castelli was involved in the earthquake when she was an teenage. When she confront her about it again, Ms. Castelli finally tells her happened. Ms. Castelli revealed the events which stuns Tamara. She decides not to do the article, however Ms Castelli tells her to do the article to let student know what happened on that night so students should be prepared for another disastrous earthquake in the future. Ms. Castelli does an interview with Tamara about how she nearly lost a friend of her's in the earthquake and that a former student was born in the quake.
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