Collapsed silos at David Bell Daffodil Farm in Leeston; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
On the previously unknown faultline on Highfield Road in mid-Canterbury! This was where two tectonic plates slipped, causing the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
This originally straight farm fence has been laterally displaced at least 2 metres where it crosses the previously unknown faultline from which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
This originally straight farm fence has been laterally displaced at least 2 metres where it crosses the previously unknown faultline from which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Looking along this previously unknown faultline that runs through this paddock, note how the ground had heaved and subsided; magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Evans Avenue in New Brighton.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction around a lamp post at Bexley park.
Damage to the Baptist Church on Oxford Terrace. Cracks in the roof facade.
A photograph of spray paint marking a crack on a road in Darfield.
A photograph of a crack in a paddock on the Greendale fault line.
A large crack runs across the entrance driveway to Murphy Park in Kaiapoi.
Detail of the cracking in the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A photograph of a crack in a paddock on the Greendale fault line.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Damage to the Baptist Church on Oxford Terrace. Cracks in the roof facade.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in the Coastguard Building in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in a skatepark in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in a road in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Trices and Sabys Road bridge corner cracks".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Trices and Sabys Road bridge corner cracks".