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Christchurch Earthquake - Green Light for Demolition
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A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Avonside view from Dallington Terrace across River Avon showing subsidence…
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The result of the magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake at 4.35am on September 4th 2010. Taken from Dallington Terrace looking towards Avonside Drive. Notice how the riverbank has slumped - at high tide the tree is now surrounded by water.
Sydenham Churchills Tavern - the black canopy under all those bricks is wh…
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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.
Rydal Street sand volcanos
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It would have been a glorious Spring day in Christchurch had it not been for the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4:30 am. All the water and silt you can see covering the street in this photo erupted from the ground following the earthquake.
St Pauls school playground adjacent to church - that is not a wall at the …
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The line that runs across this picture is the subsidence line - everything this side of the line has sunk by about 50 cm.
St Pauls church tower subsidence - first course of bricks no longer visible
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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction.
slumping of bridge approach - River Road & Banks Ave
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The bridge on River Road just before the Banks Ave turn off. The bridge approach to the left subsided. Temporary repairs have been carried out but you can still see evidence of the amount of subsidence by the traffic island in the middle of the road.
Christchurch Earthquake - Under Reconstruction
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Looks even better when Viewed On Black A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. St Johns Church corner of Hereford Street and Latimer Square. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
20100904_3310_1D3-24 Christchurch earthquake
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Birch Street flooded from burst water main
20100904_3313_1D3-24 Anzac Drive, Christchurch earthquake
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Kenta with crack in ANZAC Drive
Christchurch Earthquake - When the World turns Upside-Down
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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time. Image featured on: www.lakewanaka.co.nz/new-zealand/Take-a-break-f...
Canterbury Earthquake September 2010
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I didn't even know the bookshelf had fallen on me till later that morning. When I saw the bookcase and books all over the bed, I was glad to be only 5 foot tall or my legs would have been crushed by sturdy books like 'A day in the life of the Soviet Union' and some thumping big art books, or even the cheapo board bookcase with half its shelves...
Avonside - this pumping station used to be level. This whole corner of the…
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The result of the magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake at 4.35am on September 4th 2010. Taken from Dallington Terrace looking towards Avonside Drive. This pumping station used to be level. When the tide is in that flax bush on the bend appears to be growing from the middle of the river, suggesting the land has slumped about a meter.
St Pauls Church - other end of building subsided by about 50 cm
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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...
sand volcano tours
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Yes, it was a joke. The tours, that is, not the yard filled with earthquake-caused sand volcanos. They were very real. You can see one covering the driveway in this photo. The signs read as follows. "Tours run 1/2 hourly. $5.25 admission. Eftpos unavailable." "If you think this is bad... you should see the back!"
St Pauls Church - tower has subsided about 25cm
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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...
St Pauls Church on Gayhurst Road Dallington
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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...
20100905_3349_1D3-24 South New Brighton bridge mevement - Christchurch ear…
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The South Brighton bridge abutment (city side). Bridge looks fine, just both approaches have moved A LOT!
20100904_3322_1D3-200 Bridge Street bridge, Christchurch earthquake
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20100904_3322_1D3-200 Bridge Street bridge, Christchurch earthquake South Brighton Bridge. See the gap between the abutment and the bridge itself (just to right of lower person).
20100904_3308_1D3-24 Road crack - Christchurch earthquake
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Outside our house after the 7.1 Richter Canterbury earthquake on September 4 2010
20100905_3347_1D3-32 Bridge Street split depth - Christchurch earthquake
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The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open. Bridge opened for traffic less than a week later, but still (23/09) has 30kmh speed restriction.
20100904_3327_1D3-65 Community Energy Action - Christchurch earthquake
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Community Energy Action Trust on Moorhouse Ave.
20100904_3315_1D3-24 Broken footpath - Christchurch earthquake
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The footpath besides ANZAC Drive and the Bexley Wetlands. Liquefaction silt from well underground has flowed to the surface. Photo taken less than three hours after the 4:35am earthquake.
The "Shake Up"
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Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4, at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It is the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there ...
20100917_3483_1D3-35 Christchurch earthquake
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Nearing the end of demolition of the Westend Jewellers site on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets, Christchurch. Badly damaged in the September 4th earthquake.
20100918_3497_1D3-24 Porritt Park - Christchurch earthquake
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The Avon River loop around Porritt Park has risen with the quake. Huge cracks are all through Porritt Park (rowing, hockey and cricket venue). The main section of the river is in a man made cut behind the buildings in the background of this pic.
20100905_3346_1D3-24 Bridge Street cracking - Christchurch earthquake
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The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
20100904_3309_1D3-24 Christchurch earthquake
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Wairoa Street Another web site used this image (with a link to this Flickr page), so the view count sky rocketed. CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority)/Tonkin & Taylor also used this image on page 13 of a Land Damage presentation on 23/06/11. This was also released as a PDF. A few months later a friend emailed me the report (for...
20100918_3500_1D3-60 Porritt Park - Christchurch earthquake
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The bridge at the north end of Porritt Park, Avondale.
20100913_3424_1D3-400 Castle Rock
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The damage to Castle Rock, overlooking the Heathcote Valley from the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th.