A tilted power pole on Avonside Drive. A portaloo and road cones can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cracking up. Roads throughout Halswell were fractured making driving a hazardous and slow process".
Damage to a dairy on Edgeware Road. Bricks have fallen from above the doorway, exposing the roof cavity.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office, examining the lateral shifting of a rural road.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge with buckled railings and torn up footpath now filled in.
Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.
Outside our house after the 7.1 Richter Canterbury earthquake on September 4 2010
A photograph of a tractor with a rotary hoe flattening a liquefaction blister on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of a rotary hoe being used to remediate a large sand volcano on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of a tractor with a rotary hoe flattening a liquefaction blister on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of a tractor with a rotary hoe flattening a liquefaction blister on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of a tractor with a rotary hoe flattening a liquefaction blister on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of part of a damaged fence on Highfield Road in Darfield. The fence has been separated from the gate.
Fulton Hogan employees examining a large crack in the middle of a road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of a rotary hoe being used to remediate a large sand volcano on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
Road cones on the Peraki Street railway level crossing in Kaiapoi. In the distance, warping of the railway lines can be seen.
A photograph of a tractor with a rotary hoe flattening a liquefaction blister on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A photograph of a close up view of a fault rupture through a tree plantation on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
The Provincial Chambers Buildings with scaffolding erected up the side. Road cones and fencing have been placed around the buildings.
A photograph of part of a damaged fence on Highfield Road in Darfield. The fence has been separated from the gate.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Liquefaction silt in the forecourt of the Challenge petrol station on the corner of Creswell Avenue and New Brighton Road.
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