There are perks: Nick and his sister grow closer through technology: “So now she felt closer. Though farther away,” as the characters find connection over FaceTime.

“Severe” shaking — enough to topple chimneys and greatly damage poorly built buildings — may be felt a bit farther away from the ruptured fault, including in downtown L.A.,

“Now my job is to make sure the bats don’t break anymore, make sure the ball goes farther,” Gagné said in a phone interview this week.

Although it is too late to help Los Angeles’ beloved mountain lion P-22 expand his territory, the passage will allow mountain lions and other wildlife to range farther for food and mates.

The farther they went, the more confident I was.