Damage to the former Lyttelton Public Library on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The facade along the top of the building has crumbled into the street. Tape and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
A section of footpath outside a property on Robson Avenue in Avonside from which the pavement has been removed due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The lid of a buried septic tank can be seen in front of the property's front lawn. These tanks were installed in front of Avonside properties to allow residents to use their toilets after the September earthquake.
A photograph looking west down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Manchester Street. Bricks and other rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings on either side of the road have scattered on the footpath and street. Road cones and plastic fencing has been used as cordons.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Edward Gibbon building on Tuam Street. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and road cones and the footpath behind the fence is covered in fallen bricks.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Niven Street".
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive".
A sewage pump and flooding on Avonside Drive.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Belmont Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Glenrowan Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Belmont Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Glenrowan Avenue".
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Governors Bay Hotel, which needed extensive renovations as a result of earthquake damage".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Governors Bay Hotel, which needed extensive renovations as a result of earthquake damage".
A car drives across the damaged Dallington bridge. The bridge has visibly moved relative to the road, leaving a large gap, which road cones have been placed in. The photographer comments, "Service pipes snapped as the land sank but the bridge remained".
A car drives across the damaged Dallington bridge. The bridge has visibly moved relative to the road, leaving a large gap, which road cones have been placed in. The photographer comments, "Service pipes snapped as the land sank but the bridge remained".
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house on Major Hornbook Road. Part of the cladding has been replaced with plywood sheets.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house on Major Hornbook Road. Part of the cladding has been replaced with plywood sheets.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house on Major Hornbrook Road. Some of the cladding has been replaced with plywood sheets.
A photograph of a house with a damaged chimney. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "On River Road, red zone".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A skateboarder playing in a damaged New Brighton petrol station on Pages Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A skateboarder playing in a damaged New Brighton petrol station on Pages Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A skateboarder playing in a damaged New Brighton petrol station on Pages Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A skateboarder playing in a damaged New Brighton petrol station on Pages Road".