Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
Bricks fallen from the parapet of a two-storey building in the central city.
Damage to a commercial building. The brick parapets have collapsed, crushing the awning below.
A pile of bricks lie in front of a shop doorway on Barbadoes Street.
Damage to the Knox Church where bricks and building masonry have fallen from the church.
Damage to the Knox Church where bricks and building masonry have fallen from the church.
View down Poplar Lane, where the brick building on the right has been fenced off.
The dairy on the corner of Woodham and Gloucester Street. The top wall has collapsed onto the footpath, the hole covered by a tarpaulin. Road cones and fencing have been placed around the building.
Extensive damage to the Caxton Press building on Victoria Street. Bricks have toppled from the facade.
A chimney on a house in Spreydon. The bricks at the top of the chimney flew off the house during the earthquake and into the neighbour's property. The remaining bricks are unstable, with cracks in between and will have to be removed by hand.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Sydenham. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street/Tuam street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Sydenham. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen out.
Damage to a dairy on Edgeware Road. Bricks have fallen from above the doorway, exposing the roof cavity.
Broken bricks and masonry fallen from the Knox Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
A rubbish skip in an alleyway is full of building rubble, with piles of bricks scattered around it.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Asko Design building on Victoria Street. The front facade and side wall have crumpled, exposing the inside of the buildings. The awnings over the windows have been twisted and ripped off by the falling bricks.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen onto the footpath.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen onto the footpath.
A cordoned-off section of Victoria Street, where buildings have been damaged and the footpath covered with fallen bricks.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Peterborough Street and Victoria Street demolitions".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Peterborough Street and Victoria Street demolitions".
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A photograph of a van crushed by fallen bricks outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church in Merivale.
A fallen chimney on Derby Street has left a pile of bricks on the roof of the house and damaged the fence.
View down an alley between two buildings, where the brick wall on the left building has partially toppled, blocking the alley with rubble.