The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Avon at high tide, River Rd".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls onto the driveway. The photographer comments, "More movement caused the brick cladding to fall off the building".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls onto the driveway, and a large gap between the concrete foundation and the wooden framing shows how much the house has moved. The photographer comments, "The foundations and brick cladding moved, but the timber wall remained in position. The gap grew to over 400mm by the time the house was demolished.
The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. Across the river, Avonside Drive is lined with portaloos and road cones.
The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "View from River Rd towards the Medway St corner".
The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Avon at high tide, River Rd, looking towards the Medway St Bridge".
The twisted and broken Medway Street bridge, over a flooded and silt-laden Avon River.
Flooding and liquefaction surround a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls of the house, exposing the wooden framework beneath.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls, exposing the wooden framing beneath. Power lines between the house and a power pole have been stretched taut. The photographer comments, "The house and power pole have moved, stretching power lines taut as a guitar string".
Flooding and liquefaction surround a house in Richmond.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls, exposing the wooden framing beneath.
A house in Richmond surrounded by flooding and liquefaction. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction and overflow from Dudley Creek flooded the section".
Flooding on River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Dudley Creek flowing through properties on River Rd, then into the Avon".
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.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through a brick wall.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Stucco cladding is badly cracked around the foundation. The photographer comments, "Stucco cladding was broken around the bay window, next to the foundations".
A colour photograph of the west facade of the Press Building after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 4 August 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she writes bad earthquake poetry".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 4 August 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she writes bad earthquake poetry".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
Flooding and liquefaction on Edward Avenue in St Albans.
A paper prepared for the Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 44, no. 4, December 2011.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 16 June 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she wants to see what an earthquake looks like".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 16 June 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she wants to see what an earthquake looks like".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
Flooding and liquefaction outside a house on Edward Avenue in St Albans.
Damage to the Dallington Discount Market, the facade of which has collapsed.
The damaged Carlton Hotel. The parapet and part of the upper storey has collapsed.
Flooding and liquefaction on the corner of Edward Avenue and Geraldine Street in St Albans.
A portacabin and tent being used as a temporary studio by the One News team.
Damage to the Dallington Discount Market, the parapet of which has fallen onto the awnings below.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged output shaft from the top-plate of the Townsend Telescope's clock drive. The output shaft was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.