Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
A police officer inspects a damaged building on Barbadoes street. The brick facade has collapsed, and the building is cordoned off with police tape.
The Nurse Maude Association Building on Madras Street behind a barrier of shipping containers placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
The Nurse Maude Association Building on Madras Street behind a barrier of shipping containers placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
Shipping container placed in front of shop on Tuam Street act as a safety barrier in case earthquake-damaged shop collapses (Fri 24-9-2010).
Collapsed silos at David Bell Daffodil Farm in Leeston; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Cracks in the front of a building on Madras Street. In the foreground is a shipping container placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
Mansonry fence toppled by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Glass windows shattered in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Chimney stack toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Mansonry fence toppled by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Glass windows shattered in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Damaged facade? That's the decorative mural of this restaurant located on Manchester Street in Christchurch!
The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
A damaged dairy on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street. Part of the brick facade has fallen, collapsing the awnings. Bricks litter the road.
A photograph of a man and woman stopping to look at a collapsed house on Worcester Boulevard. Fire damage can be seen on the house next door.
The basement of a building in Kaiapoi, the ceiling collapsed in the corner. The top two stories of the building were structurally compromised and have been demolished.
Trailer load of fallen debris following the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Masonry debris on the ground following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
This shop lost its side wall when the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Tourists checking out destruction caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.