Damage from the early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city, Madras Street, central Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Bricks block Lichfield St, in central Christchurch, after an early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
A building at the corner of Manchester and Worcester Sts, in central Christchurch, was extensively damaged by an early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
Damage from the early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city, Lichfield Street, central Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Building owners Dean Marshall, left and Shaun Stockman in front of their building suffering Damage from the early morning magnitude 7.3 earthquake at the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street, central Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Damage from the early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city, Manchester Street, central Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Staff work at their posts at the National Crisis Management Centre in the Beehive bunker in Wellington. Photo by NZPA.
Damage from the early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city, St Asaph Street, central Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Bricks cover a car parked outside a badly damaged building in Manchester St, central Christchurch, after an early morning magnitude 7.4 earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
A police arrest after the early morning earthquake in Manchester Street, Central Christchurch. Credit:NZPA / David Alexander
The earthquake-damaged road at Bexley, flooded by burst pipes. Photo by NZPA.
The earthquake-damaged road at Bexley, flooded by burst pipes. Photo by NZPA.
The earthquake-damaged road on the South Brighton Bridge approach attracts the curious. Photo by NZPA.
The earthquake damaged road on the South Brighton Bridge approach attracts the curious. Photo by NZPA.
Bexley garage, in Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
Damage in central Christchurch resulting from an early morning earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
Damage in central Christchurch resulting from an early morning earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
Bricks from a building destroyed by an early morning earthquake partially block Victoria St in Christchurch. Photo by NZPA.
A building in Manchester St, Christchurch, destroyed by an early earthquake which struck about 30km west of the city. Photo by NZPA.
Photographs show the extent of the damage sustained in Christchurch following a massive earthquake about 4.35am that cut power to many areas and extensively damaged buildings.
