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Observed earthquake

5 km ENE of Tierra y Libertad, Mexico

Recent observation

Reported by 2 agencies. Every solution below is that agency's own measurement, stored unaltered.

Magnitude
4.6mb
Depth
140 km
intermediate
Origin time
2026-10-27 12:01:11 UTC
5 h ago
Epicentre
16.40°N, 93.82°W

Agency solutions

The same earthquake as measured independently by each agency. Values are never averaged or rewritten.

Recent observation
AgencyMagnitudeDepthOrigin timeEpicentreReview statusSource record
USGSUnited States Geological SurveyM4.6 mb140 km2026-10-27 12:01:11 UTC16.40°N, 93.82°WReviewed by an analyst77 stationsus7000ttfx ↗
EMSCEuropean-Mediterranean Seismological CentreM4.6 mb131 km2026-10-27 12:01:11 UTC16.54°N, 93.80°WNot stated20261027_0000145 ↗

Source: Earthquake data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. · Retrieved: 2026-10-27 13:25:48 UTC

Source: Earthquake data from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) via SeismicPortal. · Retrieved: 2026-10-27 13:25:50 UTC

Why the agencies differ

Historical data

Differences of a few tenths of a magnitude unit and tens of kilometres are normal and expected. Each agency uses a different set of seismic stations, a different velocity model for the Earth's interior, and sometimes a different magnitude scale altogether. None of them is “wrong”; they are independent measurements of the same event.

Prakruti groups solutions only when they agree closely in both time and location, and shows the preferred solution — favouring an analyst-reviewed moment magnitude where one exists — while keeping every other solution visible above.

Felt reports

Recent observation
1 people submitted a felt report to United States Geological Survey · community intensity estimate 3.4.

Felt reports are crowd-sourced and reflect where people had internet access and chose to respond. They are not a complete map of who felt the earthquake.