The Inauguration Day Windstorm was one of the few times I've seen almost everything shut down.
Earthquakes - I never went through anything major, but when you get the queasy feeling in your stomach and realize that it's the building slowly swaying side to side - that can be unsettling.
The other quake occurred just after the plane I was in had taken off from SeaTac. Pilot then announced that Seattle had just experienced a minor earthquake, people were reaching for the in-seat phones to call and check on their loved ones.
https://www.pnsn.org/outreach/earthquakesources/csz