For the third time in less than two weeks, an earthquake has struck off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia.

With a magnitude of 3.6, the earthquake Wednesday afternoon was the strongest one of the three.

Natural Resources Canada confirmed that the earthquake hit at 3:32 p.m. just off the coast of Digby Neck.

There were no reports of damage, but the quake didn’t go unnoticed by local residents.

Several people in the Yarmouth area took to social media after the earthquake, describing the sensation as resembling snow plows charging toward their homes, or like a dozen transport trucks applying their air brakes.

Wednesday’s earthquake follows two weaker quakes on June 20 and 27.

With magnitudes of 2.9 and 2.5 respectively, the epicenter of both earthquakes were in roughly the same area, nearly 40 kilometres southeast from Digby.

According to Natural Resources Canada, neither quake was felt locally.