The farmers in this area swore that this road was straight when they were returning from the pub on Friday 3 September 2010, the night before the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck.
The farmers in this area swore that this road was straight when they were returning from the pub on Friday 3 September 2010, the night before the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A large crack running through the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
Cracks along the side of the road in Avonside, with road cones warning drivers off.
A long-exposure photograph of a person stepping across a large crack in a pathway.
Cracks on the side of the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks along the road and river bank in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A crack in the Avon river bank in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks on a building where a section of wall has fallen and been boarded up.
A woman inspects a large crack in the ground near the side of the road.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
Liquefaction in a horse paddock. In the foreground cracks are visible in the road surface.
The roof of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. Masonry has tumbled into the building, tearing a hole in the roof and exposing the inside of the church.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a property on Glenarm Street. The pavement has been churned up by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a property on Glenarm Street. The pavement has been churned up by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Prime Minister John Key stands grinning on a cracked pedestal bearing the words 'Most popular P.M.' In the background is the Beehive flying a skull and crossbones flag. The landscape is a desert with cactus and dried bones and a vulture in a bare tree. A man and a woman comment that it looks as though the quake may have done damage in Wellington after all, that and the crash of the SCF fund. Refers to two major events in the Canterbury area in recent times that have incurred huge government costs; these are the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company and the earthquake that struck early Saturday morning 4th September. The South Canterbury Finance Company has been taken into receivership by the government which has guaranteed that all 30,000 fortunate high-risk investors will be paid out $1.6b thanks to the taxpayer. Treasury is assuming that the cost of the earthquake will reach $4 billion, including $2 billion worth of estimated damage to private dwellings and their contents, $1 billion of damage to commercial property, and $1 billion worth of damage to public infrastructure. There is a colour and a black and white version of this cartoon Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Here's Prarie, outside our flat, the day after the 7.1 earthquake hit Christchurch. You see the damage to the street, which continued through our flat. We were forced to move out once an engineer examined the cracks in our balcony, walls, floors, and ceilings, and told us the building was unsafe for living. One crack ran from the street, pres...
The St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston was cordoned off due to damage suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston was cordoned off due to damage suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The farmer swore that his fence was erected in a straingt line, but mother nature had other ideas! Aftermath of the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake at the previously unknown faultline along which the quake originated.