Members of Civil Defence at their temporary headquarters in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Southern Demolition excavators digging through rubble from the collapsed Canterbury Television building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, " Rapanui, Sumner. Was Shag Rock, now Shag Pile".
A photograph of a collapsed brick building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote".
A colour photograph of the interior of the former City Council Offices, showing the extensive damage.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, " Rapanui, Sumner. Was Shag Rock, now Shag Pile".
A photograph of a flooded area. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
A tent in the Botanic Gardens which is being used as a memorial for the Canterbury earthquakes.
A woman holding a sign advertising free sausages at an intersection in New Brighton.
A view across Durham Street to the damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings.
A photograph of damaged drains. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Flinders Road, Heathcote".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Catholic Cathedral".
A photograph of a flooded area. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
A photograph of damaged buildings on Oxford Terrace, including Portofino Italian restaurant and Caffe Roma.
A photograph of the scale viewer eyepiece from the Townsend Telescope.
A photograph of a damaged slipway. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "38 Belleview Terrace, Mount Pleasant. Post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Tuam Street. Bricks and building rubble litter the footpath.
The damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the north-west corner of the building has partially collapsed.
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "300 Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Corner of Madras and Gloucester Streets, opposite Latimer Square".
Volunteers at the Lyttelton Petanque Club working bee.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, " Rapanui, Sumner. Was Shag Rock, now Shag Pile".
Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building on Dundas Street.
A photograph of a yellow-sticker inspection notice. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Chester Street".
A story submitted by Mada to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Paul Swettenham to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Keith Eleftheriou to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Kane David to the QuakeStories website.