
A photograph of the Allan McLean building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Colombo Street. Two large cracks have formed in the building, as though it has split into three sections. Scaffolding has been erected under the awning.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of buildings in central Christchurch. The basement of the buildings have collapsed and the concrete blocks have spilled into the car park. Large cracks have also formed in between the blocks in the walls of the building to the left.
Crack repairs on the Rendezvous Hotel in Gloucester Street. Cracks have been injected with epoxy resin using syringes. The epoxy resin leaves a peak around each hole which will be ground down to a smooth surface. The wall will then be repainted. This process actually makes the wall stronger than it was originally.
Damage to the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Hehehe ..... did the surveyors get the road setout wrong? This previously straight road is now kinked across this previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake originated.
Hehehe ..... did the surveyors get the road setout wrong? This previously straight road is now kinked across this previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake originated.
The farmers in this area swore that this road was straight when they were returning from the pub on Friday 3 September 2010, the night before the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck.
The farmers in this area swore that this road was straight when they were returning from the pub on Friday 3 September 2010, the night before the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck.
Weeds are growing through cracks in the pavement outside abandoned properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A large crack running through the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A footpath on Galbraith Avenue in Avonside showing cracking from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A footpath on Galbraith Avenue in Avonside showing cracking from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Severe cracks in the plaster of an interior wall in the Durham Street Methodist Church.
A large crack in a grassed bank where the land has slumped towards the estuary.
A photograph of a large crack in the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of a large crack in the garden of a house on Avonside Drive.
Cracks along the side of the road in Avonside, with road cones warning drivers off.
A worker with a pottle of resin, filing in cracks in the James Hight Library.
A long-exposure photograph of a person stepping across a large crack in a pathway.
Cracks on the side of the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks along the road and river bank in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.