Most of Earth's Earthquakes Occur

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Multiple Choice

Most of Earth's earthquakes occur:

• A) where crustal plates are colliding, separating, or sliding past one another.
• B) only where crustal plates are colliding head-on.
• C) only where crustal plates are sliding past each other, as in the San Andreas fault.
• D) more or less evenly over the entire surface of the planet.

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