The ground at this residential property on New Brighton Road is completely water-logged.
The ground at this residential property on New Brighton Road is completely water-logged.
Flowers laid on the ground at Mt Pleasant School for the memorial of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Flowers laid on the ground at Mt Pleasant School for the memorial of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of a removed roof on the ground on the corner of Tuam Street and Manchester Street.
A photograph taken inside Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Broken furniture and rubbish litter the ground.
A photograph taken inside Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Broken furniture and rubbish litter the ground.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A damaged and abandoned house at 10 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground.
A photograph of flowers growing in painted tyres on the ground. The installations have been done by Rotary International and are labelled, "Colour Me Christchurch".
Part of the roof of the Odeon Theatre sits on the ground in an empty section on the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets.
An abandoned residential property at 20 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown.
A photograph of an advertising image in the window of Sugar Hair and Beauty, on the ground floor of the Inland Revenue Building.
An abandoned residential property at 16 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and a window has been vandalised with graffiti.
An abandoned residential property at 18 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown.
The east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre. Part of the roof sits on the ground in the section next door.
Volunteers placing planks of wood on the ground for Gap Filler's painted piano to sit on. This is the site of the now demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A photograph of the east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre. Part of the roof sits on the ground in the section next door.
An abandoned residential property at 37 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. The garage door has been vandalised with graffiti.
A photograph of holes in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building. A remaining wall of the building previously housing Sergio's Menswear is still standing on the left.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building. A remaining wall of the building previously housing Sergio's Menswear is still standing on the left.
A photograph of holes in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building. A remaining wall of the building previously housing Sergio's Menswear is still standing on the left.
A photograph of one of The Friars lying on the ground in a Re:START mall car park. The Friars are large-scale puppets created for FESTA's Canterbury Tales event,
The city of Christchurch and its surrounds experienced widespread damage due to soil liquefaction induced by seismic shaking during the Canterbury earthquake sequence that began in September 2010 with the Mw7.1 Darfield earthquake. Prior to the start of this sequence, the city had a large network of strong motion stations (SMSs) installed, which were able to record a vast database of strong ground motions. This paper uses this database of strong ground motion recordings, observations of liquefaction manifestation at the ground surface, and data from a recently completed extensive geotechnical site investigation program at each SMS to assess a range of liquefaction evaluation procedures at the four SMSs in the Christchurch Central Business District (CBD). In general, the characteristics of the accelerograms recorded at each SMS correlated well with the liquefaction evaluation procedures, with low liquefaction factors of safety predicted at sites with clear liquefaction identifiers in the ground motions. However, at sites that likely liquefied at depth (as indicated by evaluation procedures and/or inferred from the characteristics of the recorded surface accelerograms), the presence of a non-liquefiable crust layer at many of the SMS locations prevented the manifestation of any surface effects. Because of this, there was not a good correlation between surface manifestation and two surface manifestation indices, the Liquefaction Potential Index (LPI) and the Liquefaction Severity Number (LSN).
An abandoned residential property at 35 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. The number 35 has been spray-painted onto the entrance of the house.
A photograph of a removed roof on the ground on the corner of Tuam Street and Manchester Street. A stack of shipping containers can be seen in the distance, against the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
An abandoned residential property at 22 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. A security fence has been placed on the left-hand side of the property.
An abandoned residential property at 22 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. A sticker has been placed on the power meter to indicate that the power has been turned off.