Liquefaction in a residential garden in Kaiapoi.
Cracks along the edge of Raven Quay in Kaiapoi, where the land has slumped towards the river.
The old post office building in Kaiapoi.
A buckled footbridge over the Kaiapoi River.
Damage to the Blackwells building in Kaiapoi. Parts of the facade and roof have collapsed.
A man pushes a wheelbarrow full of liquefaction silt in Black Street in Kaiapoi. A small sinkhole is visible in the foreground.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
The fence of this house in Kaiapoi has sunk into the liquefaction silt.
A digger removes liquefaction from a street in Kaiapoi.
Damage to Smith's bookshop on Manchester Street, where part of the parapet has collapsed.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street, where the front wall of the upper two storeys has fallen away.
Peraki Street in Kaiapoi, near the railway level crossing. The footpath is cracked and buckled.
Road works at the corner of Queensbury Street and New Brighton Road.
A tram passes the Cranmer Centre, which has been cordoned off with security fencing.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Large cracks between concrete slabs in a pathway beside the Southern Region Coastguard Waimakariri-Ashley boathouse on Charles Street in Kaiapoi show how the land has slumped towards the river.
Cars slow for road works on Lineside Road, outside Kaiapoi, near the intersection with Revells Road. A truck is dumping gravel to fill cracks in the road surface.
Cracks on the side of the parapet of a building on Madras Street which has been cordoned off with fencing and shipping containers.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
A police officer stands guard over a cordoned-off section of Williams Street in Kaiapoi.
Cracks in the front of a building on Madras Street. In the foreground is a shipping container placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
A yellow-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been partly boarded up and are spray-painted with USAR markings.
The fence of this house in Kaiapoi has sunk into the liquefaction silt.
The Kaiapoi New World construction site.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street, where the front wall of the upper two storeys has fallen away. A real estate sign on the shop next door reads "Watch this Hotspot!".
A goods train stopped on the track beside SH71 near Rangiora. Trains were unable to run until buckled tracks were inspected and repaired.
Two stone roof points lie on the lawn beside the Cranmer Centre.
People are still sitting in Le Cafe's outside dining area, below the scaffolding erected around a damaged part of the Arts Centre.
Cordon fences surround the former Municipal Chambers on Worcester Street, where a small turret is protected by strapping.