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Recent earthquakes in South Australia

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 was recorded 20km NW of Parachilna on 29 May 2009.

The 20 most recently recorded earthquakes in South Australia

The South Australian earthquake monitoring network is used to measure local earth movements (seismic activity) as well as record events from all around the world. There are a number of stations located all around the State that record seismic activity which can be used to determine the location, magnitude, depth and duration of the event.

There have been 3 earthquakes since 1837 that have caused some damage to Adelaide. These were in 1897, 1902, and 1954. The last of these was the smallest, but also the closest and most damaging.

There have been very few earthquakes occurring near Adelaide over the last decade; only about 1 per year within 30 kilometres of the city.

This section of the PIRSA website provides further information about earthquake monitoring in South Australia and information on some of the largest quakes to hit South Australia.