The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
looking past the peacock fountain to the arts centre - under repair following the earthquake.
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shovelled out of peoples properties.
looking south along manchester st.
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Damage from the Christchurch 7.1 earthquake on 4th Sept 2010
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This has made a huge mess for the residents to clean up. I heard on the news that homes have been damaged by subsidence in areas of earthquake-caused liquefaction like this.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.
It would have been a glorious Spring day in Christchurch had it not been for the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4:30 am.
All the water and silt you can see covering the street in this photo erupted from the ground following the earthquake.
Laura and Max return to Christchurch from their holiday in California and inspect the earthquake-caused sand volcano in their front lawn.
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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Latimer Square
Corner Kilmore and Manchester. Architect Cyril Mountfort, 1908.
Architect: Samuel Hurst Seager. Queen Anne design. Opened 1887.
Cheam Street, Avonside
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Methodist Church 68 Harewood Road Papanui
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City) NZ. Damage to bridge on Spencerville Road crossing the Lower Styx river.
Damage to shops in Colombo Street, Christchurch...
