Prepare to be shaken, not stirred as a mobile earthquake simulator will visit Haines on Sept. 26, courtesy of the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. It will be stationed near the Haines public safety building from about noon to 6 p.m.

The simulator, also called the “quake cottage,” is a mobile trailer that holds four people at a time and replicates the tremors of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

“It’s quite a jarring…