Has anyone experienced an earthquake?

Just curious how does it feel and how does one know that earthquake is here and we need to vacate the house/office etc?

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Yes a 5.2 back in 2008, April 18th. I woke up out of my sleep cause i heard something hitting the wall. I was half asleep..tried waking my husband about the noise but the the noise stopped. I didn't feel like the earth was moving but i also knew i heard something hitting the wall but i just stumbled around and then went back to sleep.

Woke the next morning and saw the news and then there were aftershocks all day.