I was raised in Peru (mother's from Lima), so I've experienced quite a few from small to rock-N-rolling...
My family lived in Indonesia for four years and I remember when we had a minor tremor rip through Jakarta. My family's first experience...
My two younger sons were having a blast as we lived on the Penthouse floor of our apartment building (23rd and 24th floor). The movement was about 1/4-1/2 meter sway at that level, nice and gentle (building was designed for a 1.5 meter sway).
My youngest (4yrs at the time) was running around in his socks sliding on the hardwood floor yelling in glee as he was having a blast not being able to walk straight... my wife was almost crying as she wasn't sure what was going to happen to us. I told her to relax and that everything would calm down in a few seconds (not much you can do on that high up except wait it out or head down the stairs).
That particular quake was about 150km from Jakarta, so it was pretty gentle compared to some I've experienced.
Code:
PDE 2000 11 18 112147.50 -6.75 105.57 33 4.1 mbGS ... ....... 151