A photograph of a silt volcano. Silt volcanoes are caused by liquefaction, when the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
shovelled out of peoples properties.
Members of the Avonside Community walk down a road in Avonside. Silt from liquefaction has been cleared from people's properties and placed on the street in piles. Workers in the distance are collecting the silt to take to Bottle Lake.
Footprints in liquefaction silt on the side of a residential street. The photographer comments, "Silt has accumulated everywhere".
A photograph of cracks in pavement, with silt from liquefaction visible on the surface.
A photograph of silt from liquefaction and a cracked footpath near a drain on Gayhurst Road.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
Liquefaction silt in a paddock.
A "sand volcano" of liquefaction silt.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
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Mini silt volcanoes in their back yard.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City), NZ. Cracks alongside Avon river.
Troy Scott removing silt in a residential area.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
Liquefaction silt and cracking in a paddock near Kaiapoi.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
Liquefaction silt and flooding in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.
Three men digging silt out of storm water drains in Burwood.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.