Graphs of ground accelerations measured in Heathcote Valley on 22 February 2011.
Cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Building emediation equipment on the ground of The Pump House in Linwood.
Parts of diggers lying on ground of The Pump House in Linwood.
Liquefaction seeping out of the ground onto the garden lawn and footpath.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of a large crack in the ground caused by liquefaction.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of large cracks in the ground near the Kaiapoi River.
Damage to Lyttelton following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Ground Culinary Centre on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. The wall on the top storey has crumbled into the street, covering the footpath in bricks. Large cracks can be seen above the door, coming out from the corners of the window.
A broken window at ground level has building rubble behind it, some of which has been pushed out through the broken glass. The photographer comments, "The alternate title is 'Under Pressure'. A bulldozer must have pushed earthquake debris up against the internal wall not realising there was a glass reinforced window at ground level".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The gable walls have crumbled, bricks spilling onto the ground. The tower has been removed and braced on the ground in front. Cordon fencing has been placed around the building. Parts of the fence have been decorated with hearts and the word 'love'.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing liquefaction in Hagley Park. Liquefaction is the name of the process where water pushes sand and silt above ground. These puddles of sand and silt are left above ground. Liquefaction caused huge problems when it occurred in residential suburbs as was as likely to push thr...
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
A two-storey house where the ground level walls have been boarded up.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
A woman inspects a large crack in the ground near the side of the road.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
A sculpture in the Botanic Gardens represents the ground moving in an earthquake.
The fenced-off site of Ground Culinary Centre on London Street in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Book Warehouse, ground floor, 232 Cashel Street".
Volunteers laying stones on the ground during the construction of the Pallet Pavilion.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ground floor Clarendon Tower, 78 Worcester Street".