Depends on a lot of factors: * How deep is the focus? Shallower focus quakes are more strongly felt at the surface (and more destructive) over a much wider area. * What are the soil conditions? read more
I have felt literally thousands of earthquakes, ranging from huge and damaging, to really tiny. One of the earthquakes I remember was about magnitude 2.7, 5 or so km deep, and less than 5km away. read more