This reminds me of my very first earthquake

. I was newly arrived in the Pacific Northwest (from the Gulf Coast, which had its own challenges but not of this kind.) One night I was sitting on the sofa reading, when all of a sudden there was a *boom* and the doors and windows in the house started rattling. It went on for about twenty seconds.
I knew immediately what it was, and of course went online to find out what had happened. There'd been a 3.2 magnitude quake underneath SE Portland. Not the grandest earthquake ever, but to me it was a big event.