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Earthquake damage - gas station

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Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City) NZ. Empty fuel tanks lifted out of forecourt at petrol station on Pages Road.

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This shop on Riccarton Road was badly damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010, and had to be demolished.

20120128_8071_1D3-400 Redcliffs wall

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The sea wall at Beachville Road, Redcliffs, after the earthquake. It used to be straight and level - not now! As a teenager I went fishing off this wall.

At the top of the cliff, Sumner

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Damaged house on the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_019.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Roadside Rescue Required

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Havent really posted any of my images of the quake damage was taking a look through tonight and came across this which i quite enjoyed.

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Police road block on Colombo Street; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010. Note the unusually deserted streets on a Tuesday afternoon.

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Ground heaving on the faultline from which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.

Opawa Library

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Post February 22 Earthquake Damage PWS-2011-03-09-DSC9929

Opawa Library

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Post February 22 Earthquake Damage PWS-2011-03-09-DSC9928

20130704_7680_EOS M-22 Another one on the way out!

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The Mack tractor unit with "half a house" ready to depart in the middle of the night, when the roads are quiet. But where is this house heading too?

20130320_1044_EOS M-29 lifted house (Day 79/365)

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A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.

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The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.

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The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.

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The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.

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The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.

20120131_8167_1D3-400 Shag Pile

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What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.

20130325_1112_EOS M-25 Water water everywhere! (Day 84/365)

While the whole of the North Island is under drought conditions and parts of the South Island likely to follow suit, I doubt it will happen in Christchurch. With hundreds of earthquake road, water and sewer repairs underway many are spilling hundreds of litres of water per minute, like this one outside my house. It has been running like this fo...