Magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit Jamestown just after 8pm on Tuesday night, 73 residents report feeling shakes

A rural South Australian town has been hit with an earthquake with more than 70 people reporting feeling it.

A rural South Australian town was hit with an earthquake overnight with more than 70 people reporting feeling it.

The 3.2 magnitude tremor hit southeast of Jamestown at about 8pm on Tuesday night, with the epicentre of the shake understood to be 7km below the ground.

Seventy three residents reported feeling the quake at 8.05pm.

It comes just over a month after a magnitude 2.7 tremor was detected in the Adelaide Hills near Nairne.

Just after 2am on Tuesday May 6, Hills residents reported being woken to shaking and rumbling at Blackfellows Creek, Kanmantoo and Hahndorf.

There was an earthquake near Jamestown on Tuesday evening. Picture: Geoscience Australia

An earthquake has jolted residents awake in the state’s mid-north. Jamestown was hit by a magnitude 3.2 earthquake which struck around 8pm last night - did you feel it? #7NEWSpic.twitter.com/4XZON0U1Ty

— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) June 4, 2025

Management of the Hills tourist attraction The Big Rocking Horse, at Gumeracha, took to social media to report hearing the quake.

“Not even an earthquake could make Wal The Big Rocking Horse rock,” they posted.

“It was a rolling rumble sound and we didn’t feel the earth move.

Seismology Research Centre chief scientist Adam Pascale told FIVEAA radio small quakes had been common over the past couple of years in the Adelaide Hills region.

Originally published as Magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit Jamestown just after 8pm on Tuesday night, 73 residents report feeling shakes