The magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake broke off an enormous chunk of Castle Rock in the Port Hills which has tumbled down towards the Lyttelton tunnel. View from Morgan's Valley (-43.578037° 172.714828°).
Can't believe how much of this rock fell off! Its looks totally different - no longer a castle. Sad but very glad that the huge rock did not hit anything on the way down!
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rock fall from Castle Rock following the Canterbury earthquakes".
The cartoon shows the name 'Christchurch' shaking so that bits fly off it; the letters 'H', 'I', and 'T' spelling 'hit' are the only ones not shaking. A second version has the words 'Rock'n Roll' as a title. Refers to the earthquake of 4th September 2010 and its hundreds of aftershocks which continue on now into November. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Ian Beale joins us from Mt Pleasant where there has been a rock fall off Castle Rock.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph of Castle Rock, taken from the Valley Inn.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph of Castle Rock, taken from the Valley Inn.
A photograph of Castle Rock, taken from the Valley Inn.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
A photograph of Castle Rock, captioned by Paul Corliss, "Valley Inn, Heathcote. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
After a shaky few weeks in Canterbury thousands of earthquake survivors have been rocked again, this time by heavy metal greats, Metallica.