AB GhaylaneA widely felt earthquake hit southeast Adelaide at Mount Barker around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
Nearly 2,000 people reported feeling the tremor in less than two hours, according to Geoscience Australia.
The tremor shook homes across South Australia and was felt from West Beach to Hallett Cove and beyond.
Originating 10 kilometers underground, it propagated outward and was recorded by a recording station in Western Australia, more than 1,000 kilometers away.
Another earthquake near Mount Barker, southeast of Adelaide, about 10 minutes ago, magnitude 2.9 pic.twitter.com/qEHfdWkgw9
— Seismology Research Centre (@AusQuake) March 29, 2022
This earthquake is not the first tremor felt in Adelaide this month.
Residents who were shaken by the rumbling posted on social media to share their stories of the quake, proving just how powerful it was.
“Just felt a little earthquake in Adelaide or was that the sound of Chris Rock turning the other cheek?” one Twitter user wrote.
Just now felt a small earthquake in Adelaide or was it the sound of Chris Rock turning the other cheek?
— Chris🇦🇺🦘 (@WestbrookMode) March 29, 2022
“I felt a small tremor in Darlington – 38 km from the epicenter,” wrote another.
Another small #earthquake in #MtBarker #Adelaide today… same depth as the 2 small quakes the other day – I didn’t even notice it and I was only a couple of km away from the epicentre… pic.twitter.com/3ogcrC6Jfv
— Dan Taylor (@dt_downunder) March 9, 2022
The Adelaide earthquake follows a devastating tremor on the northeast coast of Japan that killed one person and injured 69 others.
It shook buildings, leaving parts of Tokyo without power and triggering a tsunami warning.
The tremor off the coast of Fukushima reached a magnitude of 7.3 and up to 6 on the Japanese tremor intensity scale in some areas – too strong for people to stand, according to public broadcaster NHK.
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