A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi.
A large crack in the road surface in Kaiapoi, surrounded by liquefaction.
Liquefaction in a residential garden in Kaiapoi.
Peraki Street in Kaiapoi, near the railway level crossing. The road and footpath surfaces are cracked and buckled.
A bulldozer removes liquefaction from Rich Street in Kaiapoi.
A damaged building in Papanui, cordoned off with colourful tape and a crowd barrier.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Damaged buildings in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and road cones.
A goods train stopped on the track beside SH71 near Rangiora. Trains were unable to run until buckled tracks were inspected and repaired.
Cars on SH71 near Rangiora.
Cars slow for road works on Lineside Road, outside Kaiapoi, near the intersection with Revells Road.
Cars queuing at road works near Kaiapoi.
A police officer stands guard over a cordoned-off section of Williams Street in Kaiapoi.
Machinery working to repair the railway line near Kaiapoi.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A red-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been boarded up and spray-painted with USAR markings.
Workers and a police officer stand next to the damaged Knox Church at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
Damage to the House of Travel in Merivale. On the cordon fence is a chalkboard sign with a skull and crossbones and the words "Stay back".
The damaged Kudos hairdressers building in Merivale, cordoned off with police tape.
The damaged Villa Antiques building in Merivale, cordoned off with police and civil defence tape.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
The damaged Haralds building in Papanui has a tarpaulin covering the roof, but still has an Open sign displayed and a sale bin of fabric displayed outside the shop.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
A view down Papanui Road to Victoria Street, with the Port Hills in the background. The road is closed at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, and diggers are working beside a damaged building.
Workers and a police officer stand next to diggers and a Road Closed sign at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, seen from Papanui Road.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A damaged section of road is cordoned off with road cones on a residential street in Christchurch.
Damaged shops on Hills Road in Shirley.