Streets in New Brighton flooded due to liquifaction.
Christchurch Anglican Cathedral with tower collapsed; The Press building (rear left).
Christchurch Cathedral with tower collapsed.
Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Fire in the CBD.
City buildings.
Streets flooded with liquifaction.
Streets flooded with liquifaction.
Streets flooded with liquifaction.
Tent city.
SH73 near Bexley with traffic detouring the roundabout.
SH73 with traffic detouring the roundabout.
Rockfalls on the coast near Sumner.
Rockfalls on the coast near Sumner.
Queen Elizabeth II Park, site of the 1974 Xth Commonwealth Games, with the pitch ruined by liquifaction.
Queen Elizabeth II Park, site of the 1974 Xth Commonwealth Games, with the pitch ruined by liquifaction.
Photos from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3-K Orion aircraft flyover today reveal the devastation from yesterday's earthquake.