The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The almost-repaired west end of Woodham Road where the ground rose about 40 cm".
The former Government Life building in Cathedral Square. A couple of windows have been broken and a window on the ground floor has been boarded up.
A photograph of flowers growing in painted tyres on the ground. The installations have been done by Rotary International and are labelled, "Colour Me Christchurch".
A photograph of carved stonework lying on the ground at the corner of High Street, Hereford Street and Colombo Street.
Part of the roof of the Odeon Theatre sits on the ground in an empty section on the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets.
The back of a damaged building on Madras Street. The awning from Bains of Madras Street sits on the ground beside the cordon fencing.
The backs of a row of damaged brick buildings in the CBD. Large sections of wall have fallen from several buildings, and rubble litters the ground.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside. A large deposit of liquefaction has dried around it.
A sign on the ground next to a exposed brick wall outside the former site for Piko Wholefoods. It reads "Piko. 248 Stanmore. Open".
A sewage pumping station on Avonside Drive has been lifted out of the ground by liquefaction. In the background, the damaged Snell Place footbridge over the Avon River is closed off with cordon fencing. The photographer comments, "A Sunday afternoon ride to New Brighton, then back via Aranui, Wainoni, Dallington, and Richmond. Not a cheerful experience. Dallington footbridge. The two pieces of this foot bridge have moved towards each other, so the bridge has developed quite a peak. The sewage pumping station has been heaved out of the ground by hydraulic pressure during quakes".
A photograph of a detail of a beam removed from the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A photograph of a detail of a beam removed from the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A photograph of a beam removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A photograph of the beams removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A photograph of the beams removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A photograph of the beams removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Halswell School Principal Bruce Topham looks at liquefaction on the school ground after the latest quake".
A photograph of the beams removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside which has resulted from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The stairs from the Forsyth Barr building on the ground behind 750 Colombo Street".
The courtyard inside the Peterborough Apartments. The ground has subsided under a section of the lawn, causing it to drop.
A photograph of a panel removed from the roof of the Cranmer Centre and placed on the ground in front.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The entire north side of Tuam Street from High Street to Madras Street which is now clear ground".
A photograph of University of Canterbury Geology students Zach Whitman and Dewiyani Bealing using ground penetrating radar equipment to survey land on the Greendale fault line.
A photograph of paving stones lying loose on the ground. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street, near the Hanafins Building".
Cordon fencing around the damaged Ground Culinary Centre and cafe. Bricks have crumbled from the walls and remain piled up on the footpath.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The swimming pool has lifted completely out of the ground at 1 Azalea Place, Kaiapoi".
