A road cone, liquefaction and fences near Cranmer Square.
Silt from liquefaction piled on the side of Ferry Road.
Sand volcano of liquefaction silt outside McDonald Hartshorne on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a silt volcano. Silt volcanoes are caused by liquefaction, when the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A photograph of cracks in pavement, with silt from liquefaction visible on the surface.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liquefaction sand piled up in Chester Street West".
A pile of liquefaction in the car park of a row of apartments on Armagh Street.
A pile of liquefaction silt on the side of a street in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction silt took several weeks to be cleared away".
A photograph of silt from liquefaction and a cracked footpath near a drain on Gayhurst Road.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liquefaction sand piled up in Chester Street West with household and street rubbish added".
Liquefaction silt in a paddock.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
A thick layer of liquefaction silt in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
A photograph of liquefaction silt piled at the side of a road.
Members of the Avonside Community walk down a road in Avonside. Silt from liquefaction has been cleared from people's properties and placed on the street in piles. Workers in the distance are collecting the silt to take to Bottle Lake.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Residents shoveling silt in back yard that has been entirely covered in silt from liquefaction.
Residents shoveling silt in back yard that has been entirely covered in silt from liquefaction.
Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.
Liquefaction silt surrounding a large crack on the side of Ferry Road.