Why is there a relatively high risk of seismic activity in Oklahoma?

A. It is associated with drilling for gas and oil.
B. The crust is rebounding from the glacial ice of the Pleistocene.
C. This is a failed continental rift.
D. This is a bomb testing area.
E. This is a subduction zone.


Answer: A

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