I may also be a carrier! After returning to Maine ... you guessed it .... quake! They even had a baby-quake in FL after I showed up.
That NM shake was unbelievable. Fortunately, practically no one was living out there when the Mississippi changed course, new lakes appeared, and the topography of the entire region was altered.
Lots more of these armageddon-quakes a-building out there: Mammoth in CA. Yellowstone. etc. Just remember that old SF Jug band, "The San Andreas Fault Finders"
Re: “big ones” in L.A.
Which ones did you go thru, sylmar, whittier narrows, landers, or northridge?