Tape woven into the mesh of the cordon fence on Madras Street spells out "Hapori".
A sign on the cordon fence around the Town Hall reads "Extreme Danger Keep Out".
Cracks in the parapet of a building on Tuam Street. Steel reinforcement can be seen sticking out of the front wall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Trucks pumping out the sewers along Ashgrove Terrace".
A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
Seen through the cordon fence, a wine bottle still sits on a table in the emptied-out Scorpio Books.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing lift doors out of alignment.
A photograph of Christmas decorations falling out of a cupboard in the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Wilsons carpark on Peterborough Street behind cordon fence, with damaged buildings in the background. Sign on fence reads "Extreme danger, keep out".
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing doorways severely out of alignment.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A truck pumping out the sewers along Ashgrove Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers clearing out a building at 158 Hereford Street".
Stones from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament laid out on pallets beside the cathedral.
Stones from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament laid out on pallets beside the cathedral.
Stones from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament laid out on pallets beside the cathedral.
A sign on a fence on St Asaph Street reading, 'Danger, demolition site, keep out'.
Stones from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament laid out on pallets beside the cathedral.
Stones from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament laid out on pallets beside the cathedral.
A photograph submitted by Ross Williamson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Halberg Street looking south, liquefaction carted out from properties".
A building on Manchester Street near High Street. The front wall has partially crumbled around the windows, bricks fallen out.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing a wall severely out of alignment.
A photograph of road cones around a drain that has been lifted out of the ground on Avonside Drive.
Wilsons carpark on Peterborough Street behind cordon fence, with damaged buildings in the background. Sign on fence reads "Extreme danger, keep out".
Cordon on the corner of Lichfield and Madras Streets, keeping people out of the CBD (photo taken from Lichfield Street).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Stripping out the building at the Haldenstein's/Unlimited Paenga School site".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crystal Plaza, viewed from Gloucester Street, stripped out and ready for demolition".
A road worker holds a stop sign on Gladstone Quay in Lyttelton. Road work vehicles carry out work on the road.
A sign on a cordon fence at the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Street. The sign reads, "Extreme danger, Keep Out".