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Amount of change depends on magnitude an duration Lateral movement horizontal movement pulls crustal rocks apart and can make gaps on the surface called fissures. These can show where the fault line is on the ground, as in the picture on the bottom.
Kaipoi 2011
Ahuriri Lagoon Post Napier Earthquake 1939. 3m of vertical uplift in a few seconds
The Southern Alps rising up over 1cm a year but eroding by close to 1cm a year at the same time.
Landslides
Shaking can de-stabalise cliffs and steep hillsides causing mass movement or landslides. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOE6 NSc4rOo
If the substrate (ground) underneath is not solid rock but mad up of soft sediment it is prone to liquifaction.
Liquifaction
It is the process of loose soil with groundwater acting like a liquid during an earthquake. This caused significant damage in the suburbs of Christchurch.
It also causes an increase in pressure so the groundwater forces up through the easiest route spilling onto to surface making sand volcanoes and causing flooding.
Ground settles
Kaipoi 2011
Japan
More liquifaction
Tsunami
Earthquakes that cause the sea floor to rise and fall suddenly can set off Tsunami. In deep water the waves can be less than 1 meter but can travel at around 800kph. When the wave hits hallow coastal water it slows down but increases in height.
Tsunami waves dont usually crash onto shores, instead they swamp large areas of land causing widespread destruction that can reach far inland. Tsunamis in NZ have reached less than 1m high. Recent extremely destructive Tsunamis were in Japan, Samoa, and the boxing day 2004 tsunami in Indonesia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4jIvDF8qw
Seiches
Earthquakes in a lake or harbour can cause Tsunami waves that travel back and forth across the harbour like waves in a bath tub.
Waterways
EQ can redirect streams causing new lakes and other waterways to form. Movement of faults (which streams and rivers like to follow) and landslides can cause rivers to redirect, and carve out new waterways