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What is a earthquake? A) A fault at a convergent plate boundary. B) A wave of water in the crust. C) Energy released as rocks break and move along a fault. D) The elastic strain stored in rocks.
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What is a earthquake?
A) A fault at a convergent plate boundary.
B) A wave of water in the crust.
C) Energy released as rocks break and move along a fault.
D) The elastic strain stored in rocks.
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The answer is C
The reason why is because an Earthquake is the shaking that radiates out from the breaking of a rock
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