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OTBC - view from choir platform

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

St Pauls church tower subsidence - first course of bricks no longer visible

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.

chrystal street bridge

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arts centre tower

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the arts centre - under repair following the earthquake.

cracks close up

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Lone Star pre Demolition

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St John the Evangelist Anglican Church - 1863

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Okains Bay Banks Peninsula New Zealand

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sand volcano

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Christchurch city on the day of the 2010 earthquake.

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The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck at about 4:35 am. Thankfully, the day was warm and still (unlike the cold driving rain and hail of yesterday afternoon).