Detail of a large crack across a rural road.
Liquefaction and cracking in a paddock in rural Canterbury.
Cracks in the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Cracks in the brickwork of a house on Avonside Drive.
Ballantynes on Colombo Street with cracking in the wall above.
A large crack separating a footpath and lawn in Burwood.
Cracks in the driveway of a property on Avonside Drive.
A crack in the car park of Murphy Park, Kaiapoi.
A broken driveway on Avonside Drive. The concrete slabs on the driveway have lifted during the earthquake, creating a large crack in the driveway. The crack has been filled with tiles and wood but the rubbish bins have still fallen in.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Kenton Chambers on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed between the windows, the brick crumbling onto the footpath below. Steel fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A pair of see-saws at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Dried liquefaction silt can be seen in the lower section of the photograph.
A merry-go-round at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Its base is covered in dried liquefaction.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. 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.
Damage to the pavement along the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Wire fencing with tape and road cones have been placed along the bridge to keep people away.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the curb of a street in Christchurch. The curb has cracked in two places and slumped, exposing the earth beneath the grass turf.
Cracks in a wall of the National Library on Salisbury Street.
Cracks in a wall of the National Library on Salisbury Street.
A crack in a concrete beam of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A photograph of cracking in the Hotel Grand Chancellor car park.
Cracking and fallen rocks on the cliff face above Peacock's Gallop.
Cracks running between the bricks of a house on Centaurus Road.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing outside St Paul's School on Gayhurst Road. There are cracks in the asphalt in front, and liquefaction on the ground.
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.
Cracks in the ceiling and wall inside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Liquefaction silt surrounding a large crack on the side of Ferry Road.
Cracks in the concrete structure of the Lichfield Street car parking building.
Cracks in the concrete structure of the Lichfield Street car parking building.
Cracks in the ceiling and wall inside the Durham Street Methodist Church.