A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi.
Peraki Street in Kaiapoi, near the railway level crossing. The road and footpath surfaces are cracked and buckled.
A goods train stopped on the track beside SH71 near Rangiora. Trains were unable to run until buckled tracks were inspected and repaired.
Cars slow for road works on Lineside Road, outside Kaiapoi, near the intersection with Revells Road.
A police officer stands guard over a cordoned-off section of Williams Street in Kaiapoi.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A red-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been boarded up and spray-painted with USAR markings.
Workers and a police officer stand next to the damaged Knox Church at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
Damage to the House of Travel in Merivale. On the cordon fence is a chalkboard sign with a skull and crossbones and the words "Stay back".
The damaged Villa Antiques building in Merivale, cordoned off with police and civil defence tape.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
The damaged Haralds building in Papanui has a tarpaulin covering the roof, but still has an Open sign displayed and a sale bin of fabric displayed outside the shop.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
A view down Papanui Road to Victoria Street, with the Port Hills in the background. The road is closed at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, and diggers are working beside a damaged building.
Workers and a police officer stand next to diggers and a Road Closed sign at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, seen from Papanui Road.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A damaged section of road is cordoned off with road cones on a residential street in Christchurch.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick parapet collapsed onto its roof and a collapsed chimney.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.