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A man pushes a wheelbarrow full of liquefaction silt in Black Street in Kaiapoi. A small sinkhole is visible in the foreground.

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Water Tankers spraying the roads in Burwood to keep the sand and silt from entering the air and blowing around the neighbourhood.

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Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.

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Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:04:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Dust from the drying silt in Kingsford Street Burwood".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:45:36

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:45:49

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:45:24

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".

Northern Outlook Image: Laura Melville 2010:09:04 01:37:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Liquefaction damage. Silt penetrates the Courtenay Drive home of Tina Parker. Liquefaction caused most of the damage to Kaiapoi homes.

the day after

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Cleaning up the silt and sand from Hoon Hay properties. Here Laura, Robbie, and Ronny are part of the clean-up crew on Wyn Street.

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 45

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Silt-laden water flows into the Avon River. The photographer comments, "Corner River Rd, Banks Ave, Dallington Tce. Dirty water from Dudley Creek meets the Avon".

Northern Outlook Image: Laura Melville 2010:09:04 01:11:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cassia Place brothers Daniel and Josh Evans walk armed with a shovel to borrow fuel, after waking up to find their garden under silt".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 15:22:14

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Cory Walsh on the silt down the rear of his Waireka Lane, Bexley, property".

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the turf and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

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Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.

Christchurch Press Image: Charlie Gates 2010:09:04 13:20:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Waitaki Street resident Mark Gilbertson shovels silt. The crater on the New Brighton street is where the pavement collapsed, bursting the mains and flooding the street".

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A typical "sand volcano" caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.

20100904_3315_1D3-24 Broken footpath - Christchurch earthquake

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The footpath besides ANZAC Drive and the Bexley Wetlands. Liquefaction silt from well underground has flowed to the surface. Photo taken less than three hours after the 4:35am earthquake.

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 (15)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Jo Mackwell digs out the garden of her parents from under the silt in Reaby Street, Burwood".

More on the damage from the Christchurch earthquake

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The homes in the cul-de-sac Seabreeze Close are no more than just three or four years old but the land they were built on liquified during the earthquake and sent masses of mud and silt through the houses.

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A photograph of piles of silt on the side of a road in Christchurch. This has been dug out of people's properties and placed on the road to be picked up by the Council.

Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 38

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A photograph of large cracks in the pavement in front of St Paul's School in Dallington. Liquefaction silt can also be seen. Police tape has been draped across the entrance of the building to the left.

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A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 (14)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage. Annette Preen in her Seabreeze Close house filled with silt".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:06 07:23:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. University student Sam Johnson (L) organised through Facebook students to go into the suburbs to help residents clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake. They gathered in Halswell to help residents clean up the silt from their properties".