A large crack runs across Peraki Street in Kaiapoi.
Cracking and fallen rocks on the Redcliffs cliff face.
A large crack through a footpath and grass verge.
A photograph of a large crack on Avonside Drive.
Liquefaction silt and cracking in a paddock near Kaiapoi.
A photograph of repaired cracks on Governors Bay Road.
Cracks and graffiti down the side of a wall.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ground cracks out in Kaiapoi".
Cracks and liquefaction in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Cracks and buckling in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Detail of a large crack across a rural road.
Liquefaction and cracking in a paddock in rural Canterbury.
A red-stickered house with cracking on the stairs.
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in its foundations and the interior wall of its porch as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Cracks can also be seen in the asphalt of its driveway.
A photograph of the Oxford on Avon Bar and Restaurant on the corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace. The entrance has been boarded up with plywood and cracks can be seen in the building's facade.
A red-stickered house in Avonside. This means the house is unsafe to enter. A crack can be seen running through the lawn and a slab of concrete in the driveway has lifted up.
Structural damage to St Elmo Courts with diagonal cracks between the windows of the building. These cracks show that there has been rocking of the masonry piers which means there is no vertical reinforcement provided in the walls.
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "Here you can see the very fine surface layer of liquefaction starting to shrink, crack and then curl up on itself".
A photograph taken across the Avon River of large cracks in the bank between Park Terrace and the footpath. Road cones have been placed along the street to warn road users.
A photograph of a crack running across Gayhurst Road, with a line of cars in the distance. A temporary road sign indicates that the speed limit is 30 km/h in this area.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. There are large cracks in the columns of the building and many of the windows are broken.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining a crack in St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal Street and Hereford Street.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through brickwork under a window, and one side of the wall has visibly slumped, leaving a gap between the bricks and the window frame. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. The top of a window frame has separated from its side, and above a large crack in the wallboard has exposed the bricks behind. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack in the wallboard below a window has exposed the bricks, and the skirting board has moved away from the floor. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
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.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Cracks in the parapet of this beautiful Madras Street building that I walk past to / from work everyday; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
