Magnitude 3.0 earthquake rocks Burra: South Australian residents report feeling their homes shake

South Australia has been rattled by its third earthquake in under four weeks. 

A 3.0 magnitude quake hit Burra, in the state’s mid north, just after 7.30am on Monday. 

Residents reported feeling their homes shake, including one who told 2GB host Ben Fordham she heard a 'big loud rumbling noise' and that her windows shook for about seven seconds. 

'I started freaking out... it was just really scary,' she said. 

'Nothing fell off the walls or anything, but it sounded like it was going to.'

The tremor has generated almost 50 'felt' reports on Geoscience Australia's website, with the true number likely to be far higher.

According to the government agency, the earthquake hit about 18 kilometres away from the township and occurred at a depth of nine kilometres.

This comes after a residents of Jamestown felt a 4.2 magnitude rumble on May 1. 

Adelaide Hills residents were also hit with a 2.7 magnitude shock on April 15, which was felt by at least 300 people across the metropolitan area. 

Adelaide regularly feels earthquakes and sits on several fault lines, including the Para Fault and the Eden-Burnside Fault.