We experienced some sismic activity this morning

[valenciajim]

Living in southern California, we expect to see earthquakes periodically. This morning there was a fairly strong earthquake. Our house rolled for about thirty seconds. A few picture frames moved and had to be repositioned and a couple of items fell off of shelves in the kitchen.

This is the third or fourth earthquake that my layout has experienced. I did not experience any damage, but several billboards on my layout fell over and couple of small tools fell off the portion of the layout that is under construction.

In 1988 my previous layout experienced a similar quake and rolling stock got knocked off of the tracks-some falling to the floor. Fortunately, I did not experience any similar problems this time.

We were fortunate, when the big one comes, I am sure that we will not be so lucky.

Ironically last Sunday, I drove through the area near the earthquake's epicenter on my way to Ely, NV to take a ride on the Nevada Northern Railway. Ely is remotely located, but is worth it to ride the trains and see the prototype rolling stock.

[kentuckysouthernrwy]

Glad you’re OK.

[riogrande]

Glad it wasn't too bad. Interestingly, as an SP fan, I followed the Trona RR which interchanged with the SP and was near the epicenter of this earth quake.

My parents moved to Mission Hills CA (San Fernando Valley) in 1967 but we only lived there 2 years before moving north to the Sacramento area. In all those years I never felt an earth quake. Around 1983 I was visiting my cousins in Granada Hills and felt a small earth quake in the morning while waking up on the sofa. Ironically, the first significant earthquake I experienced was right here in Virginia in Aug 2011 while at work. It was reported at the time to be a 6.0. My wife had just immigrated from England a few months earlier and that was quite the experience for here. Welcome to America!