Each year thousands of banks and other financial institutions report data about mortgages to the public, thanks to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, or HMDA for short.
An earthquake is sudden ground movement caused by the sudden release of energy stored in rocks. The earthquake happens when so much stress builds up in the rocks that the rocks rupture. An earthquake's energy is transmitted by seismic waves.
Scientific and government research indicates that fracking can cause earthquakes in two ways: 1  Primarily, during the fracking process:  [Earthquakes] were caused by fluid injection during hydraulic fracturing in proximity to pre-existing faults..