Part of a stone wall left sticking out over the edge after the cliff below it collapsed. The photographer comments, "A viewing platform in Clifton has its foundations exposed after the cliff face collapsed".
An aerial photograph of South Brighton, Sumner and Clifton Hill.
A house on The Spur in Clifton.
A house on The Spur in Clifton.
An over-filled letterbox at 7 The Spur in Clifton.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A Clifton Hill house shunted to the cliff edge".
A hand painted street sign in Clifton reading, "The Spur, no. 1 to 13. Volker 2009".
A damaged house in Clifton, protected by tarpaulins. A pile of building rubble lies in front of the house.
A damaged house in Clifton, protected by tarpaulins. A pile of building rubble lies in front of the house.
A house close to the edge of a cliff in Clifton. Much of the house's brick work has fallen away.
A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Clifton Terrace taken 23 July 2011.".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner with its long snake of containers".
A house on The Spur in Clifton. Masonry has fallen down from the rock wall at the base of the building.
A cracked wall made from rocks and concrete in Clifton. The words, "No. 5 The Spur", have been painted on it.
The cliff above a reserve beside Main Road in Clifton. Large sections of the cliff have collapsed onto the trees at its base.
Badly cracked stone steps on a path to The Spur from Nayland Street in Clifton. Rocks from the retaining wall have fallen onto the footpath.
On an empty beach near Sumner, a young boy and his Irish Spaniel stand at the shoreline as the photographer captures the moment. Further down the beach, beneath the original formation of Clifton Sp…
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An aerial photograph of settling ponds and the Estuary with South Brighton and the hill suburbs of Sumner, Clifton, Redcliffs and Mt Pleasant in the background".
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This paper presents preliminary field observations on the performance of selected steel structures in Christchurch during the earthquake series of 2010 to 2011. This comprises 6 damaging earthquakes, on 4 September and 26 December 2010, February 22, June 6 and two on June 13, 2011. Most notable of these was the 4 September event, at Ms7.1 and MM7 (MM as observed in the Christchurch CBD) and most intense was the 22 February event at Ms6.3 and MM9-10 within the CBD. Focus is on performance of concentrically braced frames, eccentrically braced frames, moment resisting frames and industrial storage racks. With a few notable exceptions, steel structures performed well during this earthquake series, to the extent that inelastic deformations were less than what would have been expected given the severity of the recorded strong motions. Some hypotheses are formulated to explain this satisfactory performance. http://db.nzsee.org.nz/SpecialIssue/44%284%290297.pdf