
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Glass windows shattered in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Chimney stack toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Mansonry fence toppled by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Glass windows shattered in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Damaged facade? That's the decorative mural of this restaurant located on Manchester Street in Christchurch!
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. The old Sumner Borough Council building is cordoned because of cracks".
A photograph of USAR codes spray painted in a window of the former Sydenham Post Office. Cracks can be seen in the masonry around the window.
Cracks on the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Bracing has been placed against the facade to support the building and limit further damage from aftershocks.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Natalie Thomas' Birchfield Ave home looks unaffected by the earthquake but uneven floors, doors and cracks in the surrounding earth tell another tale".
Road cones along the side of Halswell Road where the road has been repaired and sealed after slumping. There are still cracks in the footpath and curb.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office taking photographs of the lateral shifting and cracks in a road after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs".
Christchurch woman Lavina Pockson and her family live in a house with big cracks in it, on land that's among the most damaged from the big September earthquake.
Police tape cordons off large cracks in the road beside large piles of liquefaction dug from people's houses on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
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.
Large cracks run across Avonside Drive, marked off with road cones. In the foreground is a temporary road sign showing a road works symbol with "on side road" written beneath.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Trailer load of fallen debris following the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Masonry debris on the ground following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Roof of this building collapsed during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
This shop lost its side wall when the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Tourists checking out destruction caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.