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.
Earthquakes occur when the plates that are continually moving get stuck; as the rest of the plates move, the stuck parts deform like a compressed spring and build up stress. The rocks underground break along a fault or a pre-existing fault slips causing the plates move and cause an earthquake.