An earthquake damaged house where the front porch has crumbled.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
A photograph of a damaged house at 476 Avonside Drive.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
A damaged house with some of its windows boarded up.
Damage in a stairwell inside a house in St Albans.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
Damage in a stairwell inside a house in St Albans.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
Damage in the garage of a house in St Albans.
Damage in the bathroom of a house in St Albans.
Damage in the kitchen of a house in St Albans.
Damage to Weston House on Park Terrace. The front wall of those house has crumbled into the garden below. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the brick wall.
Damage to a house where the side wall has crumbled, exposing the inside. Scaffolding has been set up on one side to prevent any futher damage.
Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
A photograph of a damaged fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "23 Woodham Road, just east of end of Linwood Avenue".
A photograph of a house with a damaged chimney. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "The block of Bexley and Pages Roads".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "23 Woodham Road, just east of end of Linwood Avenue".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Worcester Street, down from Barbadoes Street".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Worcester Street, down from Barbadoes Street".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Andrews Hill Road, Mount Pleasant".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Andrews Hill Road, Mount Pleasant".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Worcester Street, down from Barbadoes Street".
A photograph of the earthquake damage inside the café and bar in Grenadier House on Madras Street.
There is very little research on total house strength that includes contributions of non-structural elements. This testing programme provides inclusive stiffness and response data for five houses of varying ages. These light timber framed houses in Christchurch, New Zealand had minor earthquake damage from the 2011 earthquakes and were lateral load tested on site to determine their strength and/or stiffness, and to identify damage thresholds. Dynamic characteristics including natural periods, which ranged from 0.14 to 0.29s were also investigated. Two houses were quasi-statically loaded up to approximately 130kN above the foundation in one direction. Another unidirectional test was undertaken on a slab-on-grade two-storey house, which was also snapback tested. Two other houses were tested using cyclic quasi-static loading, and between cycles snapback tests were undertaken to identify the natural period of each house, including foundation and damage effects. A more detailed dynamic analysis on one of the houses provided important information on seismic safety levels of post-quake houses with respect to different hazard levels in the Christchurch area. While compared to New Zealand Building Standards all tested houses had an excess of strength, damage is a significant consideration in earthquake resilience and was observed in all of the houses. http://www.aees.org.au/downloads/conference-papers/2015-2/
A house on Oxford Terrace which has been badly damaged by liquefaction. The left side has slumped badly.
A photograph of a house with a damaged roof. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "25 Mount Pleasant Road".
A photograph of houses with damaged roofs. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".