Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A rubber-necker checks out some cracks on Williams Street in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Road cracks".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A large crack in the wall of a brick building. Fallen bricks litter the ground below.
A photograph of a large crack across the lawn of a residential property on Avonside Drive.
People examine large cracks running alongside Bridge Street where the land has slumped towards the river.
A large crack running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
A crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks under a sculpture and seating area in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the playing field in Porrit Park are surrounded by "volcanoes" of liquefaction silt.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cracks in the seawall along Beachville Road in Redcliffs".
A photograph of a crack in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
A crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A close up of a large crack in the former Government Life building in Cathedral Square.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Port Hills Road factories, post drill and glue of cracks".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Road cracks".
Apartment complex behind cordon fencing on Carlton Mill Road. Cracks are clearly visible on the walls.
Apartment complex behind cordon fencing on Carlton Mill Road. Cracks are clearly visible on the walls.
Defence Force personnel walking down Norwich Quay during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake. A large crack can be seen in the footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed in the columns between the building's windows. A section on the bottom storey has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath in front. Steel fences have been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street. Cracks have formed between the windows of the building. A section of the bottom storey has collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath. Steel fencing and road cones have been placed on the street in front of the building as a cordon.
The farmer swore that his fence and hedge were in a straingt line, but mother nature had other ideas! Aftermath of the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake at the previously unknown faultline along which the quake originated.
The ground slipped laterally at this previously unknown faultline across Highfield Road in mid-Canterbury, resulting in a relative displacement of at least 2 metres and the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010. Note the now misaligned fence posts, hedge and road.
Cracks have ripped through external columns of this 7 storey building (corner of Hereford Street / Manchester Street), and efforts are being made to shore up and strengthen it to save it from demolition after it suffered structural damage in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Cracks have ripped through external columns of this 7 storey building (corner of Hereford Street / Manchester Street), and efforts are being made to shore up and strengthen it to save it from demolition after it suffered structural damage in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.