Damage to a building on Lichfield Street. A large section of the side wall has collapsed, leaving the upper floor unsupported and sagging.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Ian Town preparing to enter and retrieve his work from the 6th floor of the Registry Building, with an emergency and security staff member.
Metro Floor and Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street. A section between the roof and wall has been covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from the rain.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Books on the floor of the Central Christchurch City Library, viewed through the window on Gloucester Street".
The ground floor of the Central Library on Gloucester Street. Books have fallen off the shelves and are in piles in the aisles.
An emergency and security staff member is pictured with high-vis and hard hat, preparing to enter the 6th floor of the Registry building to retrieve work from the offices.
Christchurch Health authorities say they will never put acutely unwell patients on top floors again after having to evacuate them after the 22nd of February earthquake.
An American engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission he was shocked at the failure of builders to properly fix the floors of the PGC building to its walls.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The ground floor of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph of the demolition site of Forbe's Store in Lyttelton. A section of the remaining floor has the words, "Robert Forbes" inlaid in the tiles.
A photograph taken inside an office in the Christchurch central city. Documents have fallen off many of the desks and are lying on the floor.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The ground floor of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
An emergency and security staff member is pictured with high-vis and hard hat, preparing to enter the 6th floor of the Registry building to retrieve work from the offices- with attitude.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Press building. The top storey of the building has collapsed into the floor below, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the ground below.
University of Canterbury staff members are escorted by Civil Defence members in order to retrieve essential items from their offices. The photographer comments, "E-learning team vacate their floor. (Blurry, sorry.)
An emergency and security staff member is pictured with a walkytalky, safety goggles, and hard hat, preparing to enter the 6th floor of the Registry building to retrieve work from the offices- with attitude.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on the corner of Welles and Manchester Streets. Masonry from the top floor of the building has come away and windows have been broken.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged building on the corner of Tuam and High Streets. The ground floor was the former site of C1 Espresso Cafe.
A photograph of a Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street. One of the windows on the bottom floor has shattered and there is glass on the footpath below.
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Suspended ceiling not looking too healthy in New World, Stanmore Road. The interior floor wasn’t all the best either. 9 March 2011".
Parts of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which have been wrapped in brown paper and stacked on the church floor to be transported.
A photograph of the interior of the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reinforced column (right) and slumped car park floor".
Staff meet in temporary office space set up in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Well, sort of. Two meeting spaces in the middle of the floor".
A photograph of the interior of the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reinforced column (right) and slumped car park floor".
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in the kitchen of an earthquake-damaged house. Broken crockery litters the floor.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.
A photograph of a cabinet which has toppled on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The ground and furniture is also covered in plaster from above.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.
A view of the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church hall. The floor has been coated with plaster from the walls and ceiling, and items of furniture have been stacked up around the walls.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ground floor, IRD building. This book market is almost undisturbed while next door, the CTV building collapsed. Taken through the Cashel Street window".