3.0 magnitude earthquake has rattled Burra in the state’s Mid North

SA has experienced another earthquake in the state’s Mid North, the third in under four weeks.

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake has rattled the town of Burra in the state’s Mid North on Monday morning.

The earthquake shook the township at 7.35am on Monday, with the epicentre in the ranges about 15km south of the town.

Residents took to social media to report feeling their homes shake.

David Love, a seismologist at the Seismological Association of Australia Inc, said it was felt up to 40km away and even further.

He said this event was quite close to the magnitude 5.1 earthquake in 1997 that caused some damage in the area.

“The region is quite active, with small events happening on a regular basis. It is part of the Flinders Ranges – Mount Lofty seismic zone,” he said.

A map shows the quake that struck near Burra. Picture: Geoscience Australia

It comes after residents of Jamestown, in the state’s Mid North, were rocked by a 3.1 magnitude earthquake on May 1, just two weeks after the town’s residents experienced a 4.2 magnitude shock on April 17, with people more than 50km away reportedly feeling the tremor.

Two days before that, Adelaide Hills residents were hit with a 2.7 magnitude shock, on April 15 – with a depth of 22km, which was felt across the metropolitan area.

Adelaide sits on several faultlines.

They include the Para Fault, running from Gawler, under the northern suburbs and the CBD, and the Eden-Burnside Fault, which runs below the southern and eastern 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.