Magnitude 2.7 earthquake recorded under Mount Barker

An earthquake has shaken the Adelaide Hills, with shocks felt across the metropolitan area. Check out our map to see if you are living on a fault line.

An earthquake has rattled the Adelaide Hills, with shocks felt across the metropolitan area.

The earthquake hit with a 2.7 magnitude and an epicentre under Mount Barker at a depth of 22km about 7.16pm.

More than 300 reports had been made within two hours, but Seismological Association of Australia chief seismologist David Love said many people would not have felt it.

epicentre under Mount Barker at a depth of 22km. Picture: Geoscience Australia

“Some people have felt the shock, but only weakly, given its considerable depth,” he said.

It’s not the first time the Hills have been shaken by an earthquake.

In March 2022, a magnitude 3.7 shook the area.

Since then, there were two shocks in April 2023, one in January 2024, and two in April this year.

Adelaide is considered one of Australia’s most seismically active areas, straddling several faults.

These include the Para Fault, which runs from around Gawler, under Adelaide’s northern suburbs, under the CBD and out towards Glenelg, and the Eden-Burnside Fault under the eastern and southern suburbs.

There is also the Willunga fault line, which snakes its way from the southern Adelaide Hills, west of the Mt Bold Reservoir, down through Willunga and out to Sellicks Beach.