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What geographic phenomenon is most responsible for the constant threat of earthquakes in several parts of North America? Magma underneath the Earth's surface is pressing up on the crust with increasing
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What geographic phenomenon is most responsible for the constant threat of earthquakes in several parts of North America?

Magma underneath the Earth's surface is pressing up on the crust with increasing pressure.
The Pacific plate and the North American plate are presently scraping past each other
O Pressure from increased ocean mass caused by global warming
O Great quantities of industrial chemicals have soaked into the Earth's crust

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Earth quakes are made when tectonic plates scrape together. Then they form sorta a mountain but with a gap and that's how they are made so the answer is plates

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