Removing liquefaction silt - Christchurch earthquake

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20100908_3393_1D3-28 Removing liquefaction silt - Christchurch earthquake The cleanup continues

Footpath cracks next to Rydal Park.

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Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.

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.

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.