What Is the Most Direct Cause of an Earthquake

question 91

Multiple Choice

What is the most direct cause of an earthquake? 

• A) the creation of a fault 
• B) the greenhouse effect 
• C) the dumping of toxic wastes 
• D) a change in ocean currents

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