Kangaroo Island hit by magnitude 3.6 earthquake overnight
Geoscience Australia recorded the quake at a depth of 10km, striking just after 1am and felt in and around Kingscote and parts of the South Australian mainland.
Dozens of people have so far reported experiencing the tremor.
The latest seismic activity follows a magnitude 2.5 quake near Laura in the Mid North at 2.26am on Friday.
That tremor, detected at a depth of 4km, was felt in Jamestown and Hallett.
Earlier this month, two quakes to the north of Adelaide - a 2.3 magnitude shake at Hawker and a 2.8 tremor near the Flinders Ranges - were recorded on the same day.
In June, Jamestown was struck by a 3.2 magnitude earthquake, with more than 70 reports from residents who felt it. That came just over a month after a 2.7 magnitude tremor hit the Adelaide Hills near Nairne.
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