A damaged house where the brick wall has crumbled into the yard, exposing the inside of the house.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Café Valentino on Colombo Street. The façade of the closest section of the building has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the awning below. The same section of the awning has broken under the weight of the bricks and is resting against the ground. Bricks and other rubble cover the other sections of the awning and have spilled onto the footpath and street in the distance.
A photograph of a severely-damaged building on Armagh Street. The building's facade has completely fallen away, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath in front. A person in a high-visibility vest and hard hat is photographing the building on the opposite side of the road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Edward Gibbon building on Madras Street. Sections of the top storey have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the road in front, damaging the awning and smashing several cars. In the foreground members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team are standing on the road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed in the columns between the building's windows. A section of the bottom storey has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath in front. Steel fences have been placed on the street as a cordon. In the distance there are many other earthquake-damaged buildings.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kenton Chambers, Liverpool Street. This side view shows much less damage than the front view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gayhurst Road".
Earthquake damage to the former Christchurch Girls' High building. Bricks have fallen from the gable ends of the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in Lyttelton. The brick wall has crumbled and the bricks have spilt onto the pavement below. The pink batts are now exposed and the remaining wall is severely cracked. Wire fencing and tape reading "danger keep out" has been placed around the building as a cordon.
The badly-damaged Community of the Sacred Name Convent on Barbadoes Street.
A damaged brick building. Pillars between the windows are badly cracked, and one section of pillar has collapsed entirely.
Cordon fencing around the damaged Woolston Community Library. A section of the brick wall on the side has crumbled.
A damaged residential property has been cordoned off with tape. Piles of brick can be seen around the house.
A photograph of USAR codes spray painted on the walls of Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. In the foreground, bricks and other rubble from the damaged gables can be seen.
A photograph of a badly-damaged shop on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled into the street, exposing the inside of the building. Steel and wooden bracing is keeping the ceiling up.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hilltop Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Te Awakura Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Te Awakura Road".
Damage to a brick building. Earthquake-strengthening ties have prevented the gable end from collapsing, but large cracks are still visible.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Orari Road, Bexley. Plywood cladding has replaced the brick cladding".
A photograph looking west down Hereford Street from the intersection with Manchester Street. Wire fencing has been placed on both sides of the street to cordon off earthquake-damaged buildings. To the right, bricks have spilled across the road and footpath.
Winnie Bagoes on Gloucester Street. The top storey of the building has collapsed, bringing the roof down with it. Bricks and rubble lie in a pile on Gloucester Street where they fell.
The Iconic Bar on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. The top storey of the bar has crumbled, and the bricks fallen into the street. Two crushed cars can be seen.
A photograph of the badly-damaged buildings on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The corner has been cordoned off and fallen bricks lie behind the fences. Stark, white mannequins can be seen in the windows.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Brick cladding is badly cracked and buckled, and some bricks have fallen. There is a large gap between the floor and the foundations. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Our house - foundations and floor parted".
A photograph of a bedroom on the top storey of an earthquake-damaged house. A section of the bedroom's outside wall has collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled into the bedroom and onto the bed.
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 photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.