Earthquake diaries: The 'longest and strangest week' of their livesGEORGE HEARD/STUFF.CO.NZ Kaikoura resident Emma Dangerfield and her family are happy to be safe after the huge quake. EMMA DANGERFIELD/FAIRFAX NZ Crowds gather in Kaikoura following the earthquake. "The sound of your belongings crashing down around you is deafening, not to mentioned incredibly frightening and this was by far the longest earthquake we have experienced." In Goose Bay, the sound was deafening for Leigh, who had lived through the Christchurch earthquake, the aftershocks and years of earthquakes since. "This has been by far the longest and strangest week of my life."

Source: Stuff November 19, 2016 16:03 UTC