Liquefaction in a residential garden in Kaiapoi.
Cars queuing at road works near Kaiapoi.
Damaged shops on Hills Road in Shirley.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Detail of Piko Wholefoods on Kilmore Street.
A cordoned-off building on Hereford Street.
Broken glass on Argosy House.
A crushed car on Lichfield Street. Bricks from the above building fell during the quake onto the parked car. Fortunately, nobody was inside.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Despite the quake, the countdown to the World Cup is still on display in Cathedral Square".
A photograph of colourful clouds above Avondale.
A photograph of liquefaction on Manchester Street.
A photograph of liquefaction on Manchester Street.
A photograph of liquefaction on Manchester Street.
A photograph of liquefaction on Peterborough Street.
A photograph of liquefaction on Manchester Street.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
The sun filters through the clouds near Kaiapoi.
Janelle Blythe with the Penguin Scale.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the Grosvenor Tavern.
A photograph of 173 Manchester Street.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
A "sand volcano" of liquefaction silt.
A photograph of 173 Manchester Street.
Demolished building in the central city.
Demolished building in the central city.
Janelle Blythe with the Penguin Scale.