
A BP truck halted by the earthquake en route to Lyttelton. Photo / Getty Images

The damaged Time Ball Tower in Lyttelton. Photo / Getty Images

Buildings lie in ruins on Colombo Street. Photo / Getty

Buildings lie in ruins on Colombo Street. Photo / Getty

Rescue workers surround the Pyne Gould Guiness. Photo / Getty Images

Damaged cars on the streets are checked for people and marked . Photo / NZPA/Wayne Drought

A damaged church on Cashel Street. Photo / NZPA/Dianne Manson

Buildings collapsed in the CBD after the 6.3 quake.

Rescue workers are lifted on to the top of the Pyne Gould Guiness builing. Photo / Getty Images

Damaged road. Photo / Cory Davis

House on Fitzgerald Ave. Photo / Andrew Eliasek

Damaged roads around Christchurch. Photo / Amy Walton

The interior of the Link Centre on High Street, Christchurch, which collapsed killing a man and seriously injuring at least one other person. Photo / NZPA/Supplied

Barbados Street. Photo / NZPA/Pam Johnson

A smashed up van sits in the street beside buildings collapsed in the CBD. Photo / NZPA/Wayne Drought

Buildings collapse in the CBD. Photo / NZPA/Wayne Drought

A car is crushed under a a garage roof on Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch Central. Photo / Getty Images

An empty field is littered with couches and the remains of a house. Photo / Getty Images

A house heavily damaged in Shirley. Photo / Getty Images

The Hotel Grand Chancellor on a lean, in danger of collapse. Photo / NZPA/Pam Johnson

Remains of buildings in Christchurch. Photo / Getty Images

A carpark full of crushed cars. Photo / Getty Images

Search and rescue teams at the Canterbury Television building. Photo / Getty Images

Rescue workers surround the Canterbury TV building. Photo / Getty Images

Rescue workers surround the Canterbury TV building. Photo / Getty Images

Fire fighters at the scene of a building that collapsed in the 6.3 quake. Photo / NZPA/Wayne Drought

Shops in the heart of Merivale on Papauni Road. Photo / NZPA/Pam Johnson

Shops in the heart of Merivale on Papauni Road. Photo / NZPA/Pam Johnson

A damaged house in Sumner. Photo / Getty Images

A large landslide lands on a house in Sumner. Photo / Getty Images

A landslip crushes buildings in Sumner. Photo / Getty Images

A damaged house in Sumner. Photo / Getty Images

A large landslide lands on a house in Sumner. Photo / Getty Images