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Cracks along a facade in a building in the city centre.
Damaged building in the city centre is protected with plastic sheeting.
Damage to the wall of a building in the city centre.
Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4, at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It is the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there ...
Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4 at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It was the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there w...
Two people survey fallen bricks from a building in the city centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage around the city boundary".
Roof of a church protected with a tarpaulin in the central city.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage around the city boundary".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage around the city boundary".
Taped and boarded up windows on a building in the city centre.
Damage to the roof of the Redpath's Building in the city centre.
Painting on the wall of a broken building visible in the central city.
A video of members of the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Army guarding cordons in the Christchurch central city after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video also includes footage of a helicopter flying over the central city.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage and liquefaction around the city's boundary".
Bricks fallen from the parapet of a two-storey building in the central city.
A man holds up a brick fallen from a building in the city centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Soldiers and police cordon the inner city following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police and soldiers cordon the inner city, following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help police on central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage to the north west of the city boundary".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage to the north west of the city boundary".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Damage to the North West of the city boundary".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Army help the police at central city cordons".
The mayor of Christchurch is urging owners of heritage buildings damaged in the earthquake, not to tear down the city's treasures without first considering if they can be saved.