Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
Liquefaction silt in a paddock.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Members of the Avonside Community walk down a road in Avonside. Silt from liquefaction has been cleared from people's properties and placed on the street in piles. Workers in the distance are collecting the silt to take to Bottle Lake.
Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.
A photograph of liquefaction silt captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside and Retreat Roads post earthquake".
A photograph of liquefaction silt captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside and Retreat Roads post earthquake".
Footprints in liquefaction silt on the side of a residential street. The photographer comments, "Silt has accumulated everywhere".
Liquefaction silt and cracking in a paddock near Kaiapoi.
Liquefaction silt and flooding in a car park in Kaiapoi.
Liquefaction silt being cleared from Hilton Street, near the Kaiapoi Fire Station.
The fence of this house in Kaiapoi has sunk into the liquefaction silt.
The fence of this house in Kaiapoi has sunk into the liquefaction silt.
The fence of this house in Kaiapoi has sunk into the liquefaction silt.
A typical "sand volcano" caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
Liquefaction silt in the forecourt of the Challenge petrol station on the corner of Creswell Avenue and New Brighton Road.
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
A man pushes a wheelbarrow full of liquefaction silt in Black Street in Kaiapoi. A small sinkhole is visible in the foreground.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.
A photograph of large cracks in the pavement in front of St Paul's School in Dallington. Liquefaction silt can also be seen. Police tape has been draped across the entrance of the building to the left.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
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.