Most Large Earthquakes Result from ________

question 141

Multiple Choice

Most large earthquakes result from ________.

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

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