Anyone choosing to spend this past Family Day long weekend in Banff, Alberta may have been a bit startled on Saturday evening.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was confirmed by an earthquake hazards program, and was actually experienced by some people from the west central area.

Eston native Kyle Andrew was one of many enjoying supper in Downtown Banff on Saturday night, before his table and everyone else in the restaurant noticed a sudden crash.

“To be honest we thought a car hit the building,” said Andrew, “We had just ordered some drinks, were waiting for the food, and then there was a ‘big boom’. Everything shook for like 5 seconds, and then it just stopped.”

No damages were found in the aftermath of the earthquake, though everyone in the immediate area definitely noticed the seismic event. He also mentioned, that no one in his group felt any residual effects from the earthquake the rest of the weekend.

“It wasn’t anything extreme. Everyone thought it was a car that hit the building, and all the waiters were running around trying to figure out what was happening.”

The earthquake was originally given a 3.9 in magnitude, before going down as a 4.4 according to the above mentioned program. These updated numbers show Saturday’s natural phenomena as a “light” class earthquake, as anything between 2.5 to 5.4 in magnitude can often be felt, but only cause minor damages.