piles of silt / sand

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shovelled out of peoples properties.

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Mini silt volcanoes in their back yard.

Earthquake damage - Avon River

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Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City), NZ. Cracks alongside Avon river.

Footpath cracks next to Rydal Park.

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Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.

the day after

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Cleaning up the silt and sand from Hoon Hay properties. Here Laura, Robbie, and Ronny are part of the clean-up crew on Wyn Street.

20100908_3393_1D3-28 Removing liquefaction silt - Christchurch earthquake

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The cleanup continues

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.