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A photograph submitted by Grant Fife to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "September Quake. Cranmer Court apartments 05/09/2010. The building is quickly supported while damaged chimneys are removed.".

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A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cracks on the floor of my local supermarket. Amazingly they were open within 36 hours of both big quakes.".

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A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "I had assured Lois that we would be safe from falling chimneys about 3 weeks before the September Quake..".

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A photograph submitted by Jenny to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Hereford Street a couple of minutes after the quake. Dust from collapsed buildings visible in the background looking towards High Street.".

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A photograph of a sign in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The sign displays the number of aftershocks in Canterbury since the 4 September 2010 earthquake as of 9.00 am on the morning the photograph was taken. The tally was 9,787.

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A digitally manipulated image of liquefaction around a house in Avondale. The photographer comments, "The bottom of the gates were swallowed up by liquefaction, but the house still looked in good condition, which was confirmed by builders just going in to work on the property. It is in the Christchurch red zone, which after testing has been deemed unsuitable for houses to be built on. All the land will be bought by the Government and they would also buy any properties that could be repaired. The remaining insured property owners will get a payment from the insurance company. All the buildings are condemned to be knocked down".

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Grass growing through liquefaction silt in Avondale. The photographer comments, "Although this grass seems to be growing on the liquefaction created by the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, they are actually only growing through it. Nothing seems to grow even though seeds will sprout almost anywhere else. The seeds are growing in the soil which got covered up by the liquefaction. If liquefaction gets mixed with even a little soil then nature can get a foothold".