But the hypocenter, the location where the ... one between 7.0 and 7.9. Click here to see the USDA shake map for the most recent earthquakes. More earthquakes are being recorded around the globe ...

Each station captures data about how much the earth moves and vibrates during a temblor and how much energy moves out from the hypocenter, or the site of an earthquake under the planet's surface.

said the Nov. 14 earthquake is classified as a “deep-focus earthquake” because its hypocenter was deep underground. It struck inside the Pacific Plate, which runs underneath near Japan.

broke in both earthquakes. But he said the breakage in the February 2021 quake occurred in bedrock located south of the hypocenter. In the March 16 quake, the break in the bedrock was located ...