Spring flowers among the rubble of St John's Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jess Milligan at the St Johns control centre".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Damage inside a house in St Albans. Detail of some broken crockery.
St Elmo Courts. X cracks grew after this mornings Shallow 5.1
St Elmo Courts. X cracks grew after this mornings Shallow 5.1
St Elmo Courts. Crack along the length of the 4th floor
Old churches and earthquakes do not mix well.
Okains Bay Banks Peninsula New Zealand
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
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Spire removed for safety
Damage to a building on the corner of St Asaph and Manchester Streets.
Damage to a building on the corner of St Asaph and Manchester Streets.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. House on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Workers on scaffolding work on the damaged St Joseph's Catholic Church in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. (L to R): Builder Kevin Deam and St. Mary's parishioner Craig Perkins inspect a damaged spire on the church tower".
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St. The organ pipes have been saved and safely removed into safe keeping by the South Island Organ Company.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Frances Adank is in St Albans where there are ruptured pipes and collapsed chimneys.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A bedroom on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
St John's Church on Hereford Street with steel framework to stabilise the end wall.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A bedroom on Sherbourne Street, St Albans".
Devistated house Durham St. Can see right into bedroom when you get around further