A photograph of cracks and liquefaction in a carpark at Bexley Park.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Trices and Ellesmere Road corner crack".
A photograph of cracks in the ground and liquefaction at Porritt Park.
Cracks in the brickwork of the Christchurch Music Centre on Barbadoes Street.
A close-up view of cracks in the brickwork of Cranmer Courts.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Deep cracks in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Trices and Ellesmere Road corner crack".
A large crack in the road surface in Kaiapoi, surrounded by liquefaction.
A photograph of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. Cracks can be seen between the windows of the building and wire fencing has been placed around the bottom as a cordon. Two workers in hard hats in visibility vests are examining the building from street level.
A pair of see-saws at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Dried liquefaction silt can be seen in the lower section of the photograph.
A merry-go-round at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Its base is covered in dried liquefaction.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
Damage to the pavement along the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Wire fencing with tape and road cones have been placed along the bridge to keep people away.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the curb of a street in Christchurch. The curb has cracked in two places and slumped, exposing the earth beneath the grass turf.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Evans Avenue in New Brighton.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
Damage to the Baptist Church on Oxford Terrace. Cracks in the roof facade.
A photograph of spray paint marking a crack on a road in Darfield.
A photograph of a crack in a paddock on the Greendale fault line.
A large crack runs across the entrance driveway to Murphy Park in Kaiapoi.
A close up of cracks running through the stonework of Christ Church Cathedral.
Detail of the cracking in the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Cracks in the gutter around a stormwater drain on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of a crack in a paddock on the Greendale fault line.
A photograph of a person peering into a large crack on Avonside Drive.
A building on Oxford Terrace with a large crack running down the middle.
Cracks in the plaster on the ceiling of the Durham Street Methodist Church.
A house on Avonside Drive showing large cracks in its foundations and siding.