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A student observes a map that shows the San Andreas fault line and some of the earthquake activity recorded in California.

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What can be inferred from the given data?

Question 11 options:

a. California records the most number of earthquakes.


b. The number of earthquakes decreased in the last 100 years.


c. Earthquakes of magnitudes between 5.5 and 5.9 occur only on the San Andreas Fault.


d. California recorded the least number of earthquakes near the San Andreas Fault.

A student observes a map that shows the San Andreas fault line and some of the earthquake-example-1

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c. Earthquakes of magnitudes between 5.5 and 5.9 occur only on the San Andreas Fault.

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