Specific events cause cracking in specific ways, so it is possible to say with a high degree of certainty what the cause is from a picture.
Vertical cracks like this one, on the external face of a domestic property, between/beneath openings, and of even thickness which go straight through bricks or blocks ...... are an indication of lateral movement only, and not related to any other rotation or deflection of the wall.
Vertical cracks like this one, on the external face of a domestic property, between/beneath openings, and of even thickness which go straight through bricks or blocks ...... are an indication of lateral movement only, and not related to any other rotation or deflection of the wall.