Posted: Feb 10, 2021 5:34 PM AT | Last Updated: February 10 A 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck 32 kilometres west of Yarmouth, N.S., on Feb. 10 at 1:48 p.m. AT.(Ryan Snoddon/CBC) 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. "I felt my floor shake under my feet and I stopped ... [and] as I looked out the window, one of my students said, 'Did you feel that, too?'" Allen said she heard two loud bangs, which she initially thought was caused by nearby construction.