
A photograph of cracks in the ground and a damaged fence beside Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks in the ground of a paddock next to Highfield Road in Darfield.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A rubber-necker checks out some cracks on Williams Street in Kaiapoi".
A photograph of a large crack across the lawn of a residential property on Avonside Drive.
People examine large cracks running alongside Bridge Street where the land has slumped towards the river.
A large crack running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
A crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks under a sculpture and seating area in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the playing field in Porrit Park are surrounded by "volcanoes" of liquefaction silt.
A photograph of a crack in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
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.
The farmer swore that his hedge was planted 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.
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010 broke the tip of the spire of the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston
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.
A photograph of a UC Geology student measuring a crack around a lamp post in Bexley Park.
A photograph of a crack in the concrete pad underneath a picnic table near Governors Bay Road.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam (9) and Emmaleigh (4) Bowen explore cracks in Raven Quay in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam (9) and Emmaleigh (4) Bowen explore cracks in Raven Quay in Kaiapoi".
Cracks in the road and liquefaction at the intersection of Rich Street and Raven Quay in Kaiapoi.
People examine large cracks running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack in the playing field in Porrit Park is surrounded by "volcanoes" of liquefaction silt.
A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi.
Cracks along the edge of Raven Quay in Kaiapoi, where the land has slumped towards the river.