Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Somebody has pulled apart the broken pavement and placed it in a pile in the middle of a netball court.
Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.
A gap between two walls at Halswell Primary School. The gap was caused by two buildings separating during the 4 September earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hilltop Lane, Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kingsford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liggins Street".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a room inside a house in Christchurch. Large sections of the plaster have crumbled from the walls, revealing the brick wall underneath.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury, NZ. Damage to road alongside Avon River, Christchurch.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury, NZ. Damage to roads alongside Avon river, Christchurch City.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury, NZ. Damage to roads alongside Avon river, Christchurch.
Large cracks in the ground along Avonside Drive.
Large cracks in the cliff-face in Sumner.
Cracking on the facade of the Clarendon Tower.
Cracking in the brickwork of a residential building.
A large crack runs across Peraki Street in Kaiapoi.
Cracking and fallen rocks on the Redcliffs cliff face.
A large crack through a footpath and grass verge.
A photograph of a large crack on Avonside Drive.
Liquefaction silt and cracking in a paddock near Kaiapoi.
Cracks and liquefaction in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Cracks and buckling in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Detail of a large crack across a rural road.
Liquefaction and cracking in a paddock in rural Canterbury.
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in its foundations and the interior wall of its porch as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Cracks can also be seen in the asphalt of its driveway.
A red-stickered house in Avonside. This means the house is unsafe to enter. A crack can be seen running through the lawn and a slab of concrete in the driveway has lifted up.
Structural damage to St Elmo Courts with diagonal cracks between the windows of the building. These cracks show that there has been rocking of the masonry piers which means there is no vertical reinforcement provided in the walls.
A photograph taken across the Avon River of large cracks in the bank between Park Terrace and the footpath. Road cones have been placed along the street to warn road users.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. There are large cracks in the columns of the building and many of the windows are broken.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining a crack in St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal Street and Hereford Street.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through brickwork under a window, and one side of the wall has visibly slumped, leaving a gap between the bricks and the window frame. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".