A photograph of a building on Lichfield Street near Poplar Lane. The facade on the top storey of the building crumbled during the earthquake to reveal the walls underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building to keep people from entering.
A photograph of a building on Lichfield Street near Poplar Lane. The facade on the top storey of the building crumbled during the earthquake to reveal the walls underneath.
A photograph looking down Manchester Street from the corner of High and Manchester Streets. Damage can be seen to buildings on the right, and temporary plastic fencing has been erected to keep people away. The rest of the stores are open.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a store on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top two storeys has collapsed into the street, exposing the inside.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a store on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top two storeys has collapsed into the street, exposing the inside.
Honey jars on a shelf in a shop. A hand-written note attached to the shelf reads, "Earthquake? Don't stand here!!".
Damage to the Repertory Theatre building. Part of the facade has collapsed onto the awning below, and bricks and masonry have spilled across the street. The building is cordoned off with road cones and police tape.
Broken glass and crockery littering the floor of a kitchen.
A fallen television in a living room.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
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.
The roof of a car damaged by fallen bricks.
A man on a ladder inspecting a damaged brick chimney.
The clock on New Regent Street. A crack runs down the edge of the parapet, showing how the buildings have moved. The clock has stopped at the time of the earthquake.
Damage to the Westende Jewellers building. The upper storey facade has collapsed, and rubble covers the road. The area has been cordoned off with road cones and police tape, and fire service personnel are inspecting the damage from the basket of a fire engine's ladder.
Broken windows in the Design and Arts College building in Worcester Street.
Damage to the Edgeware Road Methodist Church.
Shop fittings sitting on the footpath in front of the damaged Bealey Pharmacy.
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings. The building is cordoned off with road cones and police tape.
A police officer stepping over camera equipment in front of the damaged Repertory Theatre building.
A man speaking on a mobile phone in front of the damaged Repertory Theatre building.
A shoe lies abandoned at the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets. In the background, police tape cordons off the street.
Staff carrying shop fittings out of the damaged Bealey Pharmacy.
Bricks fallen from the parapet of a two-storey building in the central city.
Damage to a dairy on Edgeware Road. Bricks have fallen from above the doorway, exposing the roof cavity.
Damage to the Valley Inn. Sections of the walls have collapsed, and large cracks run across the building.
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings.
Children walking across the twisted Medway Street bridge.
A large crack running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge. In the background a man is photographing cracks in the road.
A man photographs a crack on the Bridge Street bridge where the bridge has moved relative to the road.