Early risers in parts of the Adelaide Hills were shaken from their slumber by a small tremor before sunrise, with one resident saying his 'cat was running around scared and went and hid'.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Jonathan Bathgate said while there had been no reports of damage, the quake had been felt "quite widely through the community".
"This area is relatively active, we do have earthquakes here quite frequently. Within 50 kilometres of the epicentre of this earthquake this morning, over the past 10 years there have been 24 other earthquakes recorded, so a couple of earthquakes a year on average." "My cat freaked out, actually … I opened my eyes and my cat was running around scared and went and hid.
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