The powerful earthquake hit South Australia on Wednesday afternoon, with one local reporting the shock was felt "far and wide".

By Hannah Kane, Deputy News Editor, Alice Scarsi, World News Reporter

09:56, Wed, Apr 17, 2024 | UPDATED: 09:56, Wed, Apr 17, 2024

General views of Hornsdale Wind Farm

The earthquake hit Jamestown, around 200km north of Adelaide (Image: Getty)

A powerful earthquake has hit Australia, with shockwaves felt as far as 50km from the epicentre. The 4.2 magnitude tremor landed in Jamestown in South Australia at around 4pm on Wednesday.

Locals report the tremors were felt "far and wide". One local wrote on social media: "Sounded like a train going down Sixth Street, no wonder my poor old house is cracking up!"

The town is around 200km north of Adelaide.

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4 mins ago09:56 Alice Scarsi

Earthquake was 'large'

A senior scientist described the earthquake as "large" by Australian standards.

Phil Cummins told ABC: "There have been 22 earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above within about 50 kilometres of Jamestown [since records began].

"That's actually a fair number for Australia above magnitude 4. This area, particularly the Flinders Ranges area, tends to have somewhat higher levels of seismicity than elsewhere in Australia."

12 mins ago09:48 Hannah Kane

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