Taped

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The twisted and buckled bridge over the river. View looking down the bridge. Damaged from the Christchurch Earthquake Twitter | Facebook |

NicksPlace Photograph 157

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The Bridge Tavern in Kaiapoi with a broken window boarded up.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 103

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Cracking in the land next to the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Tape has been placed on the fence posts to keep people away.

Kaiapoi Street

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One Month after the Christchurch Earthquake. This is in Kaiapoi at the north end of Christchurch. A view down the walkway next to the river Twitter | Facebook |

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 104

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Damaged pavement on the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. The concrete abutment has risen during the earthquake, forcing its way through the pavement of the footpath into the open.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 102

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Damaged pavement on the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. The concrete abutment has risen during the earthquake, forcing its way through the pavement of the footpath into the open.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 116

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Cracking in the land next to the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi, still not filled in. Tape has been placed on the fence posts to keep people away.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 130

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A crack between the river bank and the footpath near the Williams Street Bridge in Kaiapoi. This crack has now largely been filled in. The visible gap shows how much the land slipped towards the river during the earthquake.

All Right? in Rangiora Photograph 7

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A photograph of an All Right? corflute sign decorating a cordon fence in Kaiapoi. The All Right? corflute sign is from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing. The Kaiapoi Bridge and Blackwell's Department Store are in the background. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 23 October 2013 at 12.50pm.

NicksPlace Photograph 195

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Detail of the Bridge Tavern in Kaiapoi, showing how the building has moved away from its balcony.

Northern Outlook Image: Iain McGregor 2010:11:25 08:59:17

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake symbol: Jenny Marsh holds up the design by graphic artist Susan Bocock of Kaiapoi's twisted swing bridge".

Cones

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Selective colour full size view from one of my previous shots. Edgeware Road, Christchurch. Damaged from the Christchurch Earthquake Twitter | Facebook |

Geotechnical aspects of the Mw6.2 2011 Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The 22 February 2011, Mw6.2 Christchurch earthquake is the most costly earthquake to affect New Zealand, causing an estimated 181 fatalities and severely damaging thousands of residential and commercial buildings. This paper presents a summary of some of the observations made by the NSF-sponsored GEER Team regarding the geotechnical/geologic aspects of this earthquake. The Team focused on documenting the occurrence and severity of liquefaction and lateral spreading, performance of building and bridge foundations, buried pipelines and levees, and significant rockfalls and landslides. Liquefaction was pervasive and caused extensive damage to residential properties, water and wastewater networks, high-rise buildings, and bridges. Entire neighborhoods subsided, resulting in flooding that caused further damage. Additionally, liquefaction and lateral spreading resulted in damage to bridges and to stretches of levees along the Waimakariri and Kaiapoi Rivers. Rockfalls and landslides in the Port Hills damaged several homes and caused several fatalities.