Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2ml
74 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 74 km E of Cantwell, Alaska, at 11:34 pm AKST on 3 November 2026 (08:34 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest mapped fault
- Denali fault, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 10 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2025-08-14 — about 16 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.9 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake · 2 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.6 53 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 21 km W of this epicentre
- 5.1 77 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.1 78 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 5 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.1 36 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 38 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 63.5030, -147.4800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 75 km E of Cantwell, Alaska | 74 km E of Cantwell, Alaska | |
| longitude | -147.46 | -147.48 | |
| latitude | 63.5 | 63.5 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 1 | |
| magnitude | 3.1 | 3.2 | |
| location | 73 km E of Cantwell, Alaska | 75 km E of Cantwell, Alaska | |
| longitude | -147.5 | -147.46 | |
| latitude | 63.48 | 63.5 | |
| depth | 0.4 | 5 |
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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