Earthquake Fault-line cuts across a main road: the lateral displacement is about 4 metres. Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Earthquake Fault-line cuts across a main road: the lateral displacement is about 4 metres. Near Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand. The magnitude earthquake occurred along the Greendale Fault, 4th September 2010. That used to be a perfectly straight road, now shifted exactly 1-lane-width sideways. There is another photo of the perfectly-straight road looking in the other direction.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: New Zealand
Photo credit: © Diarmuid / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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