The damaged Apex Car Rentals building on Madras Street. The brick parapet has collapsed onto the footpath below.
Damage to the back of a building near Cathedral Square. The brick wall has collapsed, exposing the interior.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Café Valentino on Colombo Street. The façade of the closest section of the building has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the awning below. The same section of the awning has broken under the weight of the bricks and is resting against the ground. Bricks and other rubble cover the other sections of the awning and have spilled onto the footpath and street in the distance.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Edward Gibbon building on Madras Street. Sections of the top storey have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the road in front, damaging the awning and smashing several cars. In the foreground members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team are standing on the road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed in the columns between the building's windows. A section of the bottom storey has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath in front. Steel fences have been placed on the street as a cordon. In the distance there are many other earthquake-damaged buildings.
A photograph of a badly-damaged shop on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled into the street, exposing the inside of the building. Steel and wooden bracing is keeping the ceiling up.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gayhurst Road".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
The badly-damaged Community of the Sacred Name Convent on Barbadoes Street.
A photograph of a house on Glenarm Terrace in Dallington. The chimney fell off the roof during the September earthquake and the bricks are still lying on the ground. A tarpaulin has been placed over the top of the hole to prevent water damage inside the house. Ironically, it has been weighed down with bricks.
A photograph of a house on Glenarm Terrace in Dallington. The chimney fell off the roof during the September earthquake and the bricks are still lying on the ground. A tarpaulin has been placed over the top of the hole to prevent water damage inside the house. Ironically, it has been weighed down with bricks.
A photograph of a house on Glenarm Terrace in Dallington. The chimney fell off the roof during the September earthquake and the bricks are still lying on the ground. A tarpaulin has been placed over the top of the hole to prevent water damage inside the house. Ironically, it has been weighed down with bricks.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Country Theme store on the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Street. Parts of the bricks walls have crumbled. Most of the bricks have been cleared from the footpath. Steel fences and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of a house on Glenarm Terrace in Dallington. The chimney fell off the roof during the September earthquake and the bricks are still lying on the ground. A tarpaulin has been placed over the top of the hole to prevent water damage inside the house. Ironically, it has been weighed down with bricks.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in Lyttelton. The brick wall has crumbled and the bricks have spilt onto the pavement below. The pink batts are now exposed and the remaining wall is severely cracked. Wire fencing and tape reading "danger keep out" has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. A crack in the road where the asphalt has lifted, possibly due to liquefaction. Cones have been placed along the crack to warn drivers of the irregular surface.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. The side of the road has slumped due to liquefaction during the earthquake. A cone can just be seen, warning drivers of the irregular surface.
Damage to a brick house on Sherbourne Street, where much of the front and side walls have fallen away.
Damage to a brick house on Sherbourne Street, where much of the front and side walls have fallen away.
A damaged brick building. Pillars between the windows are badly cracked, and one section of pillar has collapsed entirely.
Cordon fencing around the damaged Woolston Community Library. A section of the brick wall on the side has crumbled.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Te Awakura Road".
A damaged building on Lincoln Road. 'No go' has been spray-painted on the front window of the building and the brickwork of the upper front wall has collapsed onto the road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hilltop Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Te Awakura Road".
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.