A gutter on Bracken Street in Avonside. Large cracks can be seen on the edges of the footpath above it as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Interior damage in a house in Richmond. Cracks are visible in the walls. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Looking from the lounge back to the dining room".
A footpath on Robson Avenue in Avonside showing cracks as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The road beside it has also been damaged by the earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the cracks in the building at the front of the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club site on Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in Lyttelton. The brick wall has crumbled and the bricks have spilt onto the pavement below. The pink batts are now exposed and the remaining wall is severely cracked. Wire fencing and tape reading "danger keep out" has been placed around the building as a cordon.
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
The Oxford Terrace Baptist Church showing severe cracks in its facade. Metal beams have been used to prop up the building and its base is enclosed by a safety fence.
Cracks in the masonry of the Arts Centre's Worcester Street face. Some stones have fallen away around the roof's apex, and plywood has been used to weather proof the gap.
Cracks in the masonry of the Arts Centre's Worcester Street face. Some stones have fallen away around the roof's apex, and plywood has been used to weather proof the gap.
A damaged property on Avonside Drive. Cracks can be seen running through the lawn. A woman is standing on a slab of concrete that has been raised by the earthquake.
A photograph of a road cone in a crack in the footpath outside St Paul's School. In the background, volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office are surveying the damage.
Masonry that has fallen from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square piled on a pallet in front of the church. Cracks can be seen in the building's foundations.
The Pacific Tower building on Gloucester Street, with repairs to cracks visible down one side. Constructed in 2010, the Pacific Tower was at the time the tallest building in Christchurch.
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church blocked off by wire fencing. The tip of the façade is damaged.
A red-stickered house with cracks running down the brick wall. The house has also separated slightly from the foundations and is now on a lean. The brick wall on the house next door has partially crumbled.
A damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Bedford Row. There are large cracks in the brick pillars between the windows, and part of one pillar has collapsed, crushing the awning below.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Cracks can be seen in the brickwork and a number of bricks have fallen from the top of the building.
Workers survey a street in Avonside where there are large cracks, piles of liquefaction dug up from people's houses, fenced off portions of the street and an army vehicle parked, after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack running through a propery in Avonside after the September 4th quake, creating a gap in the drive way and front of the house, as well as buckling on the gate.
The damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen from Fitzgerald Avenue. The dome has been removed, and cracking is visible in the walls. In the foreground is a damaged workshop, part of the Red Bus depot.
Cracks in the road and liquefaction at the intersection of Rich and Hilton Streets in Kaiapoi. Some of the liqufaction has been dug out of properties and placed in piles on the side of the road.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through a concrete patio. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs. Over the following week this subsided even further".
A large concrete beam, still partially connected by reinforcing rods to the partially-demolished building it came from lies across an entranceway.
Damage to River Road in Richmond. The river bank has slumped towards the river, opening up a large crack along the side of the road. The photographer comments, "Lateral spreading in River Rd".
A view looking south along towards the Antigua Street foot bridge. The bridge has been blocked off with cones and security tape. On the far bank, large cracks are visible in the bridge's foundations.
A portaloo sits outside a house on River Road. There is a large crack in the road where it has slumped towards the river, and a power pole is on a lean.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010. This building was condemned and demolished on 9 September 2010.
