What Do Seismic Gaps Represent

question 67

Multiple Choice

What do seismic gaps represent?

• A)locked areas that are still accumulating strain
• B)areas with no faults
• C)places nobody bothered to check because they are so remote
• D)really well lubricated places where the government spends enormous expense injecting fluids to keep the fault slipping gradually

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