A magnitude three earthquake struck off the southern coast of Australia.
The earthquake occurred near Whyalla, on the coast of South Australia, at around 1.25pm on Thursday afternoon and was felt by 12 people.
The seismic activity was discovered at a very shallow depth, about 10 km, and was first reported by Geoscience Australia as having a strength of three on the Richter scale.
People in or around Whyalla are likely to have felt light shaking.
The news comes just a month after an earthquake hit Burra, a small town in eastern South Africa.
A magnitude three earthquake (pictured) occurred near Whyalla, on the coast of South Australia, at around 1.25pm on Thursday.
Seismic activity was discovered at a very shallow depth, about 10 km, near Whyalla (pictured).
The earthquake hit Burra at around 7.35am on May 13 and around 50 people reported feeling it.
Its epicenter was about 15 kilometers south of the city and had a depth of 9 kilometers.
David Love, a seismologist at the Australian Seismological Association Inc, said the quake could have been felt up to 40 kilometers from the epicenter.
‘The region is quite active and small events are held regularly. “It is part of the Flinders Ranges – Mount Lofty seismic zone,” he told the Adelaide Advertiser.
