SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — A landslide in Southern California closed a historic cultural center, shut down rail service in the area and forced nearby homes to evacuate, officials said.

The western slopes of San Clemente’s Casa Romantica and Cultural Center and Gardens fell about 20 feet (about 6 meters) Thursday afternoon after several days of minor earth movement, city officials said in a news release. The building has been closed and geologists are monitoring its stability, officials said. Casa Romantica has announced that it is temporarily closed and all events have been canceled after a mudslide on its Ocean he terrace.

Four adjacent housing units were red-tagged as dangerous and evacuated, officials said.

Falling debris has grounded two Metrolink lines and Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, officials said.

Residents of three San Clemente clifftop apartments and a nearby building after torrential rains earlier this month ran away from home When the land moved and began to slide out of the backyard, they were warned that they might not be allowed back for some time.

A crack appeared on the terrace of Casa Romantica on April 16, prompting the city council to approve a $75,000 assessment for the Ocean County Register, a local geological survey company. reportOn Thursday morning when the Earth began to move, the crew was drilling to install instruments to measure its movement, councilor Kevin Knoblak told the newspaper.

more than a dozen atmospheric river It hit California last winter and caused widespread damage. The threat of flooding continues as the massive mountain snowpack left behind by the storm begins to melt.