Frightening to say the least. I am still trying to care dertment is an earthquake mode, surveying the area for damage. And this house fire, just one of several that were reported in the minutes following the quake. Now the citys mayor is blaming broken gas mains. While there has been some damage like this, no reports of any major injuries. There is a road in ridgecrest left with a major crack, a 12 inch gap crossing highway 178. More reports of road damage in a community about 10 miles away. Now, at disneyland and several rides had to close because of the quake that park is more than 130 miles from ridgecrest but disney Officials Say it is routine. They shut down certain rights for inspection following an earthquake. Todays quake was largest with an epicenter in Southern California since 1999. The other the one in 99 was 7. 9. Todays quake was a testing by the new shake alert system. The system work and so there was an earthquake about 6. 2 producing energy and the warning came through