Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt beside buildings on Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt on the side of Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt on the side of Ferry Road.
The Avon River in Richmond. The river level is very high, and the water is grey with silt. The photographer comments, "By the corner of Medway St and River Rd. The Avon seems to be very full, with grey silt laden water".
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City), NZ. Cracks alongside Avon river.
Liquefaction silt and cracking in a paddock near Kaiapoi.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
Piles of liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt and portaloos on Peterborough Street in Christchurch Central.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt and flooding in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
A thick layer of liquefaction silt in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Three men digging silt out of storm water drains in Burwood.
Liquefaction silt and weeds on the footpath outside the central library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive close to the Avon River showing the liquefaction and ground tearing".
Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Beach Road towards Bower Avenue. Machine is pumping out groundwater and filtering silt. This piece of road is zoned orange on the left and green on the right".
Bricks from a demolished chimney lie on top of thick liquefaction silt in front of a house in St Albans. The photographer comments, "Our friend Chris Hutching's house. The front lawn and carport have 30cm or more of silt piled on top. He also had to remove a shaky chimney".
Bricks from a demolished chimney lie on top of thick liquefaction silt in front of a house in St Albans. The photographer comments, "Our friend Chris Hutching's house. The front lawn and carport have 30cm or more of silt piled on top. He also had to remove a shaky chimney".
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining the Southern Finance Ltd building. Silt from liquefaction covers part of the footpath and road.
A power pole on the corner of Medway Street and Woodchester Avenue is on a lean, standing in a puddle of water and liquefaction silt. In the foreground road cones surround a pile of silt. The photographer comments, "Intersection of Medway St with Woodchester Ave and Flesher Ave, 10 days after the February quake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Beach Road towards Bower Avenue. Machine is pumping out groundwater and filtering silt. This piece of road is zoned orange on the left and green on the right".