Had a couple minor earthmovers in HK years back.
1
Was working late in an office building on Hong Kong Island and felt the floor rumble a bit, thought it was a big truck rolling by outside — but then remembered we're on the 14th floor. Asked the graphic designer if she felt anything and she said no. A little while later I felt it again, and again asked her, telling her I thought it was a minor tremor — her desk was right over/under support beams, she didn't feel anything and didn't believe me. My desk was between beams, where the concrete/rebar could flex a little...
Then her husband called to see if she was alright; he'd felt it on a little island (south of HK Island).
2
The other time my wife and I were in our flat, my sister over visiting from her flat (same small island mentioned above)... sitting around the living room, each in a separate comfy chair... The conversation lulled, nobody spoke for about a minute, then...
Each of us said something like "Did you feel that about a minute or two ago?". We'd all felt a little rumble in each of our butts.
No big deal for you people in active plate zones, but for those of us unaccustomed, it was quite remarkable.
Prior to these experiences, I'd always wondered what it would be like to be in an earthquake after seeing live TV footage of people in apartments or offices etc getting shook around heavily — I wanted to experience that. After finding a couple of baby butt-rumblings quite disconcerting I changed my mind. Having the earth shake under your feet at great magnitude is most definitely something I do NOT want to experience.
Then a big earthquake in N Taiwan took out the trans-Pacific Internet data cable... Ensued more than a couple weeks of extremely slow Internet as data got pinged around the world via alternate (longer) routes til the cable was repaired...