|USGS website screenshot taken after the quake.| As a native
Californian, you can imagine that earthquakes are a normal
occurrence in my life. I wouldn't say they happen every month,
but when they do happen, it isn't surprising. My earliest memory
of an earthquake was when I was three or four years old and the
house started to shake in the middle of the night. I could hear
the sliding doors of my parents' closets rattling, and I
remember getting out of bed and running into the room. My mom
was sitting up and assured me things would be okay. I don't
remember how long it lasted, what the magnitude was, or if there
were any aftershocks, but I went back to bed, and things were
fine when I woke up. In schools, along with fire and lockdown
drills, we had earthquake drills regularly and learned proper
safety procedures of what to do and what not to do. It was just
part of the routine to be prepared for natural disasters in
California, from floods to wildfires. Yesterday, a 5.8
earthquake hit Mineral, Virginia and sp