Well, I think I was just as close to a 5.9 earthquake as I've ever been.
We were in the middle of class and when everybody gasped as the entire Architecture building shook violently, the teacher (who hadn't noticed it because he was pacing) thought we were reacting to his lecture.
This being California, and a computer class, we immediately went and checked USGS's web site and saw that there were just a bunch of big ones and medium ones out in Parkfield (which is on the other side of Paso Robles from us). God, we are such geeks.
So, does the landlady still have all that glassware on her shelves?
Heck, yes. The house turns out to be oriented to move the right way in earthquakes. More's the pity.