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Which of the following is generally FALSE about the shaking from earthquakes? a. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more ground shaking than deep ones. b. Places closer to the epicenter tend to experience more ground shaking. c. The direction that the rupture moves along a fault can affect the amount of shaking. d. Bedrock directly underneath a location causes more ground shaking than mud or lose sediments.

User Timestee
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Answer:

d

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User Chris Neve
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Answer:

option D

Step-by-step explanation:

the correct answer will be option D

Earthquake is a Natural Calamity which is caused by the movement of the tectonic plate.

the magnitude of the earthquake is measured with the help of seismometer.

so, the false option given about shaking of earthquakes is that bedrock causes more shaking than the mud and loose sediments.

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