
Large cracks on a street in Avonside barred off with police tape after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks on a street in Avonside barred off with police tape after the September 4th earthquake.
Cones marking a crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in the parking lot in front of a store in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, " Nick Wright (9) explores a huge crack in the earth in Charles Street, Kaiapoi".
Cracks in the river bank beside the Southern Region Coastguard Waimakariri-Ashley boathouse on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
A resident on Moore Street demonstrates how her hand can fit inside a large crack caused by the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam Bowen (9) explores the huge cracks in the road surface in Raven Quay, Kaiapoi".
A photograph of UC Geology students inspecting cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A child jumps in a crack in the road by Avonside Drive".
A man photographs a crack on the Bridge Street bridge where the bridge has moved relative to the road.
Cracks in the driveway and retaining wall of a residential property in Avonside, after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of cracks in a field indicating the location of the Greendale fault line. The fence has toppled.
Cracks in the driveway of a building on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A girl sits in a crack in the road near Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam Bowen (9) and Emmaleigh Bowen (4) play in a crack on Raven Quay in Kaiapoi".
Cracks in the path of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
A man inspects a large crack in a footpath beside the river, where the land has slumped towards the water.
Cracks in the driveway of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A photograph of cracks in the brickwork of a bridge at the corner of Sabys Road and Trices Road in Halswell.
Cracks along the base of the fence around the Waimak Dragon Boat Club, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Cracks along the base of the fence around the Waimak Dragon Boat Club, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.