Photos taken following the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February 2011. We all have earthquake stories to tell — and we’d like to hear yours. CCL-2011-02-22-Earthquake-P1110208 Please submit your story on our website, and let us ...
A view across Fitzgerald Avenue to a row of houses. Sections of the road have been cordoned off with road cones.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Eveleyn Couzins Road photographed from River Road in Richmond".
Large cracks in the footpath of Cambridge Terrace where the road is slumping towards the Avon River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Ferry Road Law Centre".
A large crack on the side of a residential road in Avonside. Cones have been placed on the crack to warn road users. In the background, piles of liquefaction have been dug out of residential properties and placed on the road for collection.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Avondale Road to Breezes Road - classified as residential red zone on the right and residential green zone on the left".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Quinns of Papanui Road. The front walls of the store have crumbled, exposing the rooms inside. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of an access hole in the middle of a road in the Horseshoe Lake District which has raised above the surface of the road. White spray-paint and a road cone have been used to alert drivers of the uneven surface.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A big Australian sucker truck in Newport Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wainoni Road (here it is classified as residential green zone)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wainoni Road (here it is classified as residential green zone)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Roadworks on the intersection of Gloucester Street and Woodham Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Roadworks on the intersection of Gloucester Street and Woodham Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wainoni Road (here it is classified as residential green zone)".
A photograph of road works on St Asaph Street near the Canterbury Brewery.
A view across Stanmore Road to several badly damaged buildings, including Marcel's Picnic, Chalet Hair Fashion and Stanmore Road Dairy. Masonry and structural components from the buildings have collapsed onto the footpath and the buildings have been cordoned off by a safety fence.
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".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house on Woodham Road. The house has come off its foundations as the bricks wall have crumbled, spilling onto the footpath in front. Road cones have been placed along the street to warn road users.
Roading machinery parked on the side of River Road. The road is under repair, but has not yet been resealed. The photographer comments, "Looking east to Banks Ave-Dallington Tce. River Rd nearly ready for re-sealing. Over the next year, the road subsided and was repaired 3 or 4 times".
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".
Road workers digging earth out of a drain on Shirley Road near KFC. In the distance, the Palms shopping centre can be seen.
A view across Charles Street in Kaiapoi. The road is covered in dirty tyre marks from areas of road where the seal has been removed.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of River Road and North Avon Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The T Bakery on Woodham Road, one of the first rebuild projects".
A photograph of cracks along a street in Christchurch. A road cone has been placed over a crack as a warning for road users.
Damage to the road on Bracken Street in Avonside. Asphalt has been poured over cracks in the road to smooth them out.
An army truck travelling down a gravel road in Avonside. To the right is a digger which has been used to fix the road.