Sand volcanos cover Rydal Street

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

This has made a huge mess for the residents to clean up. I heard on the news that homes have been damaged by subsidence in areas of earthquake-caused liquefaction like this.

Rydal Street sand volcanos

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

It would have been a glorious Spring day in Christchurch had it not been for the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4:30 am. All the water and silt you can see covering the street in this photo erupted from the ground following the earthquake.

Rydal Park sand volcano

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These were scattered across the park.

Footpath cracks next to Rydal Park.

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Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.

A new crack in the footpath in Rydal Park.

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Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.