The last earthquake I experienced in Washington knocked my home partially off it's foundation and emptied all of my kitchen cabinets, glasswear and all. Overall, it wasn't as damaging as the Alaska earthquake that rattled Seattle many years before.
There was a "roar" to this last earthquake that prevented me from hearing all of the crashing going on in the kitchen, all of 15 feet away. Maybe I was too focused on whether my dancing monitor was going to end up in my lap.
