deduced from the fact the breaks appeared new and others damaged around it.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 4 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
looking past the peacock fountain to the arts centre - under repair following the earthquake.
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shovelled out of peoples properties.
looking south along manchester st.
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Damage from the Christchurch 7.1 earthquake on 4th Sept 2010
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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Latimer Square
Corner Kilmore and Manchester. Architect Cyril Mountfort, 1908.
Architect: Samuel Hurst Seager. Queen Anne design. Opened 1887.
Cheam Street, Avonside
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Typical lateral damage to houses caused by the 7.1 magnitude quake in Christchurch at 4.35am on the 4th September 2010.
The line that runs across this picture is the subsidence line - everything this side of the line has sunk by about 50 cm.
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this one looks pretty bad sadly.
Riverside reserve near Parenga Place.
The distinctive red brick Piko Wholefoods seems to have survived. That building dates from 1905 and was originally a painter and paperhanger's premises.