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 a crack across a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of damage to Highfield Road, showing the tar stretched across a crack.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks and liquefaction on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks and liquefaction on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in the street and footpath in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks across Reid Memorial Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
A photograph of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church with cracking to the front facade.
A photograph of damage to Highfield Road, showing the tar stretched across a crack.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks and liquefaction in the playing fields and car park of Murphy Park, Kaiapoi.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks in a footpath in Kaiapoi, where the land has slumped towards the river.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a driveway on Glenarm Terrace. A large hole in the foreground has had a road cone placed inside it. Other large cracks and liquefaction can bee seen. A man in overalls has parked his van next to the damage.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Paul's School in Dallington. Large cracks can be seen in the surface of the asphalt. Silt from liquefaction is visible in front of the school buildings. Tape has been placed on the building to keep people away.
Damage to the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Hehehe ..... did the surveyors get the road setout wrong? This previously straight road is now kinked across this previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake originated.
Hehehe ..... did the surveyors get the road setout wrong? This previously straight road is now kinked across this previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake originated.