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OTBC - typical plaster damage

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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.

Porch of house on River Road

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Typical lateral damage to houses caused by the 7.1 magnitude quake in Christchurch at 4.35am on the 4th September 2010.

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.

removing the chimney

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Robbie and Nicola watch Laura and a helpful neighbour remove the broken chimney.

removing the chimney

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The chimney busted right through the wooden beam holding up the roof. I'm told it may an alarming noise.

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!"

A new crack in the footpath in Rydal Park.

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Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.

Bexley

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Riverside reserve near Parenga Place.

OpShop's Jason Kerrison

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Band Together - Concert for Canterbury www.bandtogetherforcanterbury.co.nz 23rd October 2010 Free concrete in Hagley Park following the 4th September 2010 earthquake

the jolt opened most kitchen cupboard doors

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Corner Barbadoes and Kilmore

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The distinctive red brick Piko Wholefoods seems to have survived. That building dates from 1905 and was originally a painter and paperhanger's premises.