A slumped garage on a property along Avonside Drive.
Telegraph Road in Charing Cross, where the earthquake has shifted the road four metres to the right.
Telegraph Road in Charing Cross, where the earthquake has shifted the road four metres to the right.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
A hole in a broken driveway along Avonside drive with a rubbish bin fallen in.
The driveway of a house on Avonside Drive. One of the concrete slabs has broken apart from another and lifted to create a gap between them.
A broken footpath in Kaiapoi where the earth has slumped under the concrete during the September 4th earthquake.
Workers digging up the road along Avonside Drive.
A damaged property on Avonside Drive. Cracks can be seen running through the lawn. A woman is standing on a slab of concrete that has been raised by the earthquake.
Cracks along the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Wright (9) explores a huge crack in the earth in Charles Street, Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, " Nick Wright (9) explores a huge crack in the earth in Charles Street, Kaiapoi".
A large crack running through the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
Cracking along the pavement at Halswell Primary School. The ground has risen and fallen in places leaving an uneven surface where the children usually play.
A broken driveway on Avonside Drive. The concrete slabs on the driveway have lifted during the earthquake, creating a large crack in the driveway. The crack has been filled with tiles and wood but the rubbish bins have still fallen in.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ground features. Sue Irvine's Halswell property was flooded by sand volcanoes and included bubbled-up areas of earth".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volcano holes. Small volcano-shaped mounds indicate the force of water being pushed out by the earth's movement".
A gap between the house and the foundations along Avonside drive caused when the house was lifted during the 4 September earthquake.
An abandoned house on Avonside Drive. A red sign taped to the window states that the house is "Unsafe" to enter.
The north end of the bridge on Gayhurst Road. During the earthquake, the bridge was forced about 15 centimetres towards the river, the land falling away under the road. Fencing has been placed around the footpath, and the road filled and resealed so that it can still be used by traffic.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Natalie Thomas' Birchfield Ave home looks unaffected by the earthquake but uneven floors, doors and cracks in the surrounding earth tell another tale".
The driveway of a house on Avonside Drive. One of the concrete slabs has lifted and the owner has tried to fill the gap with blocks of wood. Unfortunately, these have come loose and are sticking out of the hole.
Cracks along the road in Avonside Drive. The riverbank has slumped towards the river, separating the land from the road and creating these cracks. Road cones warn drivers of the uneven surface. In the distance, a pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of a house.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Locksley Avenue houses in Dallington. Owen Moore, aged 90, and dog Min laugh in the face of this afternoon's aftershock. His house was built on compacted earth alongside the Avon River".