The southern San Andreas fault near Los Angeles is considered a candidate for a major earthquake because
A. this segment of the fault has not moved for more than 100 years.
B. magma is rising along the fault and heating it up.
C. it is a divergent plate boundary.
D. it moved fairly recently during the Northridge earthquake and so is ready to move again.
Answer: A
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