Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage inside a house in St Albans.
Damage in a stairwell inside a house in St Albans.
Damage in a stairwell inside a house in St Albans.
Typical lateral damage to houses caused by the 7.1 magnitude quake in Christchurch at 4.35am on the 4th September 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Extensive damage to a house in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage to houses near the Kaiapoi River".
Damage inside a house in St Albans. Detail of some broken crockery.
The roof of a house damaged by a fallen chimney on Springfield Road.
Damage to the roof of a house where the chimney has fallen down.
Damage to the roof of a house where the chimney has fallen down.
Damage to the roof of a house where the chimney has fallen down.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Everett showing earthquake damage to his new New Brighton house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Everett showing earthquake damage to his new New Brighton house".
Taupaulins covering the damage to a house's roof, visible out the window of the Student Volunteer Army's bus.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Di and Craig Roberts refuse to look at their earthquake-damaged house near Darfield".
The homes in the cul-de-sac Seabreeze Close are no more than just three or four years old but the land they were built on liquified during the earthquake and sent masses of mud and silt through the houses.
A new agreement's been reached on how earthquake claims for seriously damaged mortgaged houses in Canterbury will be handled.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Steve Simpson and Janice Hartzer from the EQC inspect a house for earthquake damage at Fairview".
A fallen chimney on Derby Street has left a pile of bricks on the roof of the house and damaged the fence.