
Cleaning up the silt and sand from Hoon Hay properties. Here Laura, Robbie, and Ronny are part of the clean-up crew on Wyn Street.
A photograph submitted by Rose to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "February 2011, Avondale. Silt piled up outside our house after hours on the shovel.".
Silt-laden water flows into the Avon River. The photographer comments, "Corner River Rd, Banks Ave, Dallington Tce. Dirty water from Dudley Creek meets the Avon".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A damaged residential property at Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The yard is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Stepping stones to allow you to walk over the silt at 19 Reaby Street in the Horseshoe Lake district".
An abandoned residential property at 25 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. Stones are scattered across the driveway.
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Heaps of liquifaction silt and water on Anzac Drive; walking home Feb 22nd.".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. The view through the window here shows the size of the silt piled against the front door".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Dallington Terrace. Dirty groundwater is pumped into the Siltbuster, the silt filtered out, and clean water pumped out into the river".
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Piles of silt for removal, Niven Street, Avondale [red zone section]. Approx 29 February 2011.".
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Abandoned residential properties at 39 (left), 41 (centre), and 37 (right) Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The front yard and footpath are covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction.
An abandoned residential property at 14 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The damaged garage door has been boarded up. The driveway is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction.
Liquefaction silt surrounding a power pole in Ferry Road, next to a cut-out of a smiling and waving David Carter, National MP for the Port Hills electorate.
Liquefaction silt surrounding a power pole in Ferry Road, next to a cut-out of a smiling and waving David Carter, National MP for the Port Hills electorate.
Liquefaction silt which has been partly cleared from in front of businesses on Ferry Road. A damaged part of the footpath has also been filled in with gravel.
Road cones line Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. Flooding can be seen along the edge of the road. The footpath is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction.
The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Avon at high tide, River Rd, looking towards the Medway St Bridge".
A truck on Warden Street in Shirley waits to be loaded with liquefaction silt, which a digger in the background is scraping off the road. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction clean-up".
An abandoned residential property at 10 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section is covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. The front of the section is partly flooded.
An empty section where a house once stood at 21 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The footpath is partly flooded and is overgrown with weeds and silt from liquefaction.
An abandoned residential property at 28 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section is overgrown with weeds and silt from liquefaction. The footpath to the left has partly flooded.
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. Through the window pane beside the door you can see silt piled about 30 cm high inside the house".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forest Park on Bower Avenue in New Brighton. The silt on the road was awful, but most people's gardens were relatively unscathed".
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining the Southern Finance House on Montreal Street. Silt from liquefaction covers the footpath in front.
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
An abandoned residential property at 6 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The garage door has buckled. The front yard and footpath are covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction.