About This Trend
Earthquake is a sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks, occurring most often along geologic fault lines.
The recent trend of earthquakes is due to several powerful earthquakes striking various locations around the world, including a 6.1-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Hokkaido coast and a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Lima, Peru, causing significant damage and triggering chaos, with the USGS monitoring and reporting on these earthquakes.