Residents in southwestern Nova Scotia were shocked Wednesday afternoon after an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 rattled Yarmouth County, shaking some buildings. "I heard what sounded like thunder," said Sara Allen, who was teaching a virtual class at NSCC Yarmouth around 1:45 p.m. AT. An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 shook parts of western Nova Scotia in September 2018. Before that, in 2016, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 was felt in Yarmouth. Mike Deveau, the acting fire chief in Yarmouth, said the department has received sporadic calls about the earthquake, but no serious incidents have been reported.

Source: CBC News February 10, 2021 21:35 UTC