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Earthquakes are caused by
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
Earthquakes result from the sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. Most occur along plate boundaries.
Tectonic earthquakes occur anywhere in the earth where there is sufficient stored elastic strain energy to drive fracture propagation along a fault plane.
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Answer: (d)
Earthquakes result from the sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. Most occur along plate boundaries.
Tectonic earthquakes occur anywhere in the earth where there is sufficient stored elastic strain energy to drive fracture propagation along a fault plane.
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