And when at anchor or at sea, one doesn't feel a thing.
I lived in the BVI for many years. Once, while at anchor, I felt/heard something. I stuck my head out the companionway, thinking one of the Chalwell's ~150ft cargo ships had started their engines. No smoke! Later I went ashore, and several friends asked if I'd felt the earthquake! It happened a second time a few years later.
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