The window that was hanging precariously finally fell when the Boxing Day 4.9 shock hit at 10.30am
A view looking from Cathedral Square tram stop towards Oxford Terrace. The Clarendon Towers building has been damaged and the windows boarded up.
Security fences surround the Santorini Greek Ouzeri restaurant and bar on Gloucester Street. Some of the windows have been broken and left open.
A man sits in front of two stained-glass windows inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
A photograph submitted by Andy Palmer to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Shop window, London St, Lyttelton. 25 Feb 2012.".
Looking over some traffic, a property across the street is getting some remediation work done. Some of the windows are boarded up.
A map and notes drawn on a window of the Inland Revenue building by rescuers involved in the CTV building rescue effort.
Damaged house on Chester St East with the windows boarded up. There is also a pile of bricks in front of the house.
A map and notes drawn on a window of the Inland Revenue building by rescuers involved in the CTV building rescue effort.
A close up of damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral. A window has been boarded up on the north side of the cathedral.
A photograph of a damaged building next to Tony's Tyre Service on Armagh Street. Glass from the top window is missing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of 173 Gloucester Street".
A close up of damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral. A window has been boarded up on the north side of the cathedral.
A photograph of a house with boarded-up windows. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Andrews Hill Road, Mount Pleasant".
View through the window of a hairdressers in Merivale. Inside broken glass and trophies that have fallen from display stands can be seen.
A photograph of a crack that runs between two windows of the earthquake-damaged Wheki Building at the University of Canterbury.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A cross scratched in the glass of a window in St Bartholomew's Anglican Church, Kaiapoi".
A photograph of a building with a boarded up window. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "162 Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sand volcano outside the window of the home at 22 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Crumbled wall above the window of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Cracks can also be seen diagonally between the bricks.
A photograph of damage to the Country Theme store on St Asaph Street. A sign in the window reads, "For rent".
A sign reading "Keep calm and carry on" inside the window of a house on St Albans Street in St Albans.
An abandoned house on Avonside Drive. A red sign taped to the window states that the house is "Unsafe" to enter.
A colour photograph of detail on the Hotel Grand Chancellor showing broken windows, exposed pipes, and the lean of the building.
A photograph of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal and Hereford Streets. There are large cracks between the windows.
A photograph of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal and Hereford Streets. There are large cracks between the windows.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office in a van. Out the window is an earthquake-damaged building.
A photograph of a crack that runs between two windows of the earthquake-damaged Wheki Building at the University of Canterbury.
A photograph of the stairwell of the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. There is a workbench in the foreground and a plank of wood on the right side of the stairs. On the landing the wall has been repaired and is unpainted.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christ Church Cathedral.