Thursday, February 24, 2011

Canterbury / Christchurch Earthquake Damage - 2011




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

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Human Photos

Zara Phillips with her 9 year-old son Caleb Quin-Phillips who have not been able to get to their home in Bexley because of flooding and liquefaction. Photo / Brett Phibbs