Damage to the Knox Church following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock. More bricks have fallen from the already damaged walls.
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, revealing the internal wooden structure and the inside of the house.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, exposing the inside of the hose. Seen over a garden hedge.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, exposing the inside of the hose. Seen over a garden hedge.
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Around the site are some damaged walls and old fencing.
Damaged building and the back of Argosy House, seen from behind cordon fencing. Cracks down the walls are clearly visible.
Damage to The Bone Dude's Bone Carving Studio and Cultured Gallery on Fitzgerald Avenue. The brick wall is cracked, and the guttering has fallen. The photographer comments, "This building was damaged in the September earthquake in Christchurch. It was the Bone dude's bone carving studio. The motto on the wall was 'Carve your own' and it looks like the earthquakes did just that".
Detail of damage to a house in Richmond. A double-brick wall has collapsed. A wire loop which formerly tied the two layers of bricks together has pulled out from one of the layers, showing how the two parts of the wall moved apart during the shaking. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. The remaining double brick by the back door has been further smashed and twisted".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lyttelton Police station is structurally compromised with south wall (not visible here) partly collapsed".
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood work.
Damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
Damaged wall panels on the west side of a building in Cathedral Square have been boarded up from the inside.
A damaged brick building. Walls on two sides of the upper storey have collapsed, but the roof is still standing.
A damaged brick building. Walls on two sides of the upper storey have collapsed, but the roof is still standing.
Damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
A photograph of a Christmas message written on the wall of a house at Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant.
Damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch. Leadlight windows are warped and broken, and bricks have fallen from the wall.
Damage to a building on Lichfield Street. A large section of the side wall has collapsed into the alleyway below.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.
Damage in a residential property in Richmond. A concrete block wall has collapsed. The photographer comments, "Collapsed concrete block fence".
Damage in a residential property in Richmond. A concrete block wall has collapsed. The photographer comments, "Collapsed concrete block fence".
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
A building where the brick walls have crumbled has been cordoned off. Handwritten notes and poems in a heart shape adorns the fence.
Detail of damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged to 235 Kilmore Street. The building next door has been demolished, exposing the side wall.