Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "Wet liquefaction after an earthquake can soon start to dry up".
A road cone, liquefaction and fences near Cranmer Square.
Silt from liquefaction piled on the side of Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt on a grassed area in New Brighton.
Sand volcano of liquefaction silt outside McDonald Hartshorne on Manchester Street.
Liquefaction silt in Bexley. The photographer comments, "This is not really a worm but a sliver of liquefaction that has fallen out of a tyre tread".
A photograph of a silt volcano. Silt volcanoes are caused by liquefaction, when 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. The photographer comments, "After the earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, liquefaction covered the streets, but after it had risen from below ground whilst the ground was shaking it the liquid in the liquefaction wanted to drain away".
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "Here you can see the very fine surface layer of liquefaction starting to shrink, crack and then curl up on itself".
A photograph of cracks in pavement, with silt from liquefaction visible on the surface.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liquefaction sand piled up in Chester Street West".
A pile of liquefaction in the car park of a row of apartments on Armagh Street.
A pile of liquefaction silt on the side of a street in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction silt took several weeks to be cleared away".
A photograph of silt from liquefaction and a cracked footpath near a drain on Gayhurst Road.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
A photograph of sparrows bathing themselves in liquefaction silt.
Liquefaction silt and sand cover the lawn of a residential property. The photographer comments, "This is a garden inundated with liquefaction. Though most liquefaction is grey in Christchurch there must have been golden sandy beaches before the volcanoes erupted millions of years ago".
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Liquefaction sand piled up in Chester Street West with household and street rubbish added".
Liquefaction silt in a paddock.
A pile of liquefaction silt in Parklands has been decorated with a Santa hat, Christmas decorations and a pair of jandals to form a silt 'snowman'. The photographer comments, "Not the most welcome Santa to find on your doorstep on Xmas Eve. This was made out of damp liquefaction in Parklands".
A thick layer of liquefaction silt in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
A "sand volcano" of liquefaction silt.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Liquefaction silt in the Otukaikino Reserve.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
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.
A photograph of liquefaction silt piled at the side of a road.