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.
What Causes Earthquakes: Information about Faults, Plate Tectonics and Earth Structure. 1  if the EQ left surface evidence, such as surface ruptures or fault scarps (cliffs made by EQs). 2  if a large EQ has broken the fault since we began instrumental recordings in 1932.