Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wainoni Road (classified as residential green zone)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Freemans Restaurant undergoing repairs in London Street, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive looking along Kerrs Reach".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "113 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heathcote end of the gondola, closed for over a year".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anglican Church in Winchester Street, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "House shifted on its foundations, Gayhurst Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wendy's, Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Getting ready to deconstruct an apartment building in Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Williams Street, Kaiapoi - the damaged part of Blackwell's now demolished".
The wooden foot bridge over the Kaiapoi River. Slumping between the abutments can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of former Beaufort House - some remnants left".
Sewage continues to be pumped into the river while the damaged sewerage system is repaired.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope in Cathedral Square".
On 4 September 2010, a magnitude Mw 7.1 earthquake struck the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the Darfield area about 40 km west of the city of Christchurch. Extensive damage occurred to unreinforced masonry buildings throughout the region during the mainshock and subsequent large aftershocks. Particularly extensive damage was inflicted to lifelines and residential houses due to widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading in areas close to major streams, rivers and wetlands throughout Christchurch and Kaiapoi. Despite the severe damage to infrastructure and residential houses, fortunately, no deaths occurred and only two injuries were reported in this earthquake. From an engineering viewpoint, one may argue that the most significant aspects of the 2010 Darfield Earthquake were geotechnical in nature, with liquefaction and lateral spreading being the principal culprits for the inflicted damage. Following the earthquake, a geotechnical reconnaissance was conducted over a period of six days (10–15 September 2010) by a team of geotechnical/earthquake engineers and geologists from New Zealand and USA (GEER team: Geo-engineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance). JGS (Japanese Geotechnical Society) members from Japan also participated in the reconnaissance team from 13 to 15 September 2010. The NZ, GEER and JGS members worked as one team and shared resources, information and logistics in order to conduct thorough and most efficient reconnaissance covering a large area over a very limited time period. This report summarises the key evidence and findings from the reconnaissance.
A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 4 September 2010. Mark says, "This is the first [blog post] I wrote on 4th Sept. I always remember an announcer on the radio having the first on-air interview with Geonet/EQC (obviously only 1 or 2 staff members at that stage!). The announcer asked if the aftershocks would carry on for much longer and the Geonet guy said they could carry on for a few weeks. Radio announcer seemed shocked".
The front page graphic for an earthquake edition of The Press. The main headline reads, "I felt scared but I feel better now...".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Launching ramp at Kerr's Reach, Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liverpool Street from Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A temporary sewage pumping station on Bridle Path Road, Heathcote".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street - retrieved gas bottles".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Isaac Theatre Royal".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Millennium Hotel, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A hotel with protective covering after earthquake damage in Norwich Quay, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Antigua Street foot bridge near Christchurch hospital looking back towards Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Families enjoying the sun by the Heathcote River in Cashmere Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Worcester Street - Gordon Harris building under demolition".