If it doesn't wake you from your sleep, it doesn't count.
My first earthquake was in CT, circa 1980-1981, I was in the parking lot of a grocery store I worked at receiving shopping carts, I liked doing that from time to time to get of the cash register, smoke a bowl, etc.
Probably like a 3-3.5 magnitude, I knew what it had to be, unfelt by most folks
I experienced a few 4 - 4.5 quakes when living in SD , dismissed it as kinda cool
It ain't no joke when you get into the 6+ range, I didn't give quakes much respect, kind of lucked my way around them
They earned my respect in October 1989 during the baseball playoffs, was living in Henderson, NV, at the time, settling in to watch the game, that quake did some serious damage, more respect for quakes .
Earthquakes and tornados occur suddenly, no time to leave. A good old fashioned East coast hurricane gives you many days to act