A small earthquake shook the North Okanagan just after noon Thursday.
The quake recorded was a 2.9 magnitude, according to the Geological Survey of Canada.
âIt was centred 14 kilometres east of Vernon,â said earthquake seismologist Alison Bird.
âItâs pretty routine to have smaller-sized earthquakes in that area.â
Lordco Auto Parts Lumby employee Mike Mitton was one of about six people in the store on Industrial Avenue at around 12:05 p.m.
âAll of sudden there was a large boom, it shook everything,â said Mitton.
âWe thought somebody had driven into the back corner of the building. We went out to take a look but there was nothing there.â
Lorna Wood was enjoying a cup of coffee in her BX home near Dixon Dam Road when her pomeranian, Honey, began acting strange.
âHoney was going crazy, barking and wouldnât stop, she was running around the kitchen,â said Wood. âI thought something was wrong with her. Then, the ground rumbled, it kind of went from the left of the house to the right of the house.
âMy coffee cup was rattling on the counter.â
Posts on social media suggest residents also felt the earthquake on Middleton Mountain, near the Vernon Airport and in Lavington.
