Mystery as hundreds of people in Adelaide are awoken by a huge tremor - but geological experts say it WASN'T an earthquake... so what was it?

  • Adelaide residents woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning
  • Geoscience Australia first reported a 1.4-magnitude quake near Mount Compass
  • Hours later report was updated saying there had not been an earthquake

By PETER DEVLIN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

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Residents in Adelaide woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning, but what caused the rumble remains a mystery.

Geoscience Australia first reported a 1.4-magnitude quake near Mount Compass.

Hours later the report was updated saying there had not actually been an earthquake.

Adelaide residents woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning

Adelaide residents woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning

Geoscience Australia first reported a 1.4-magnitude quake near Mount Compass 

Geoscience Australia first reported a 1.4-magnitude quake near Mount Compass 

Residents felt two tremors at 2.05am and again at 2.15am.

'No noise whatsoever. I just felt the really harsh shudder and it felt like it was coming through in a line from west to east,' local resident Laurie told ABC News.

'It ran for five or six seconds and then was gone.'

Geoscience Australia said the rumble may have been caused by thunder in the area.

There were storms in Adelaide overnight and some residents were left without power.

'We had a power failure since the earthquake at 2am,' wrote Adelaide resident Heather Eckermann.

'It's now 6am and still no power.'

There were reports received form over 600 residents of a disturbance, Geoscience Australia said.

The Adelaide tremor was not an earthquake, so what was it?

The Adelaide tremor was not an earthquake, so what was it?

There were storms in Adelaide overnight and some residents were left without power

There were storms in Adelaide overnight and some residents were left without power

Residents in Adelaide woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning, but what caused the rumble remains a mystery 

Residents in Adelaide woke to a huge tremor in the early hours of Saturday morning, but what caused the rumble remains a mystery 

 

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