Earthquake hits Burra, as rain and hail sweeps parts of the state for the rest of the week

An earthquake hit a town in the state’s mid-north last night, while the rest of SA wakes up to rain and hail after a 30C day on Wednesday.

Burra, in South Australia’s mid-north, was hit with a 2.6 magnitude earthquake just after 7pm on Wednesday night, according to Geoscience Australia.

The tremour was felt up to 50km away and was reported to be 3.8km deep.

Meanwhile South Australia is set to receive a downpour of rain today, and throughout the rest of the week, as the spring sunshine retreats.

Rain and isolated hail was felt across Adelaide Thursday morning, following Wednesday’s top of 29C.

Thursday’s temperatures will drop to a maximum of 19C with showers expected across Adelaide; beginning to ease later in the morning and evening on Thursday.

In the morning, the westerly winds between 25 to 35km/h are expected to turn south-westerly 25 to 40km/h then slow down to 20 to 30km/h later in the afternoon.

In Adelaide city and Noarlunga, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecasted maximum temperatures to reach 19C from Friday to Sunday.

11 October, 2023: Beach goers enjoy the sun at Moana Beach. Picture Kelly barnes

Friday will remain partly cloudy with a less than 10 per cent chance of rain, but showers and cloudy weather conditions are expected to return on Saturday and Sunday.

Weather conditions at Glenelg will be the same as Adelaide city, except for Sunday when maximum temperatures will not reach above 18C.

Elizabeth will be slightly warmer as temperatures top 20c on Friday and Saturday, while showers will hit the area on Sunday as temperatures drop to 19C.

On Thursday, Mount Barker will be slightly cooler with temperatures reaching 17C with a medium chance of showers that will also ease later in the morning.

Maximum temperatures will increase by one degree on Friday, with light winds becoming west to south westerly 15 to 25km/h in the morning, then return to 17C on Saturday and Sunday – with showers.

Temperatures hit 29C on Wednesday with some heading for the beach. Picture Kelly barnes

The Bureau of Meterology forecaster Simon Tinke said the rain rough weather conditions have almost cleared up.

“There were a could of showers moving across this morning, and it intensified a little bit as they moved over the warner waters of the gulf and they hit the land as they moved across the coast.

“We ended up getting a couple of strikes of lightening and rumbles of thunder and there were a few areas that did receive a small hail.

“But that sort of band of more intense rainfall has moved well into the east now. Still got a couple of showers pushing up from the southwest but no further lightening.