Most Large Earthquakes Result From__________

question 59

Multiple Choice

Most large earthquakes result from__________ .

• A) explosions and detonations of military ordnance especially of nuclear weapons
• B) impacts of meteorites from outer space
• C) the wavelike vibration of the Earth in response to the rapid release of stored elastic energy in deformed rocks
• D) storm waves and tsunamis crashing onto the shoreline so hard that the earth shakes

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