The occurrence of earthquakes in the absence of seafloor spreading, oceanic trenches, or volcanic activity is a characteristic feature of

A. convergent boundaries between plates.
B. transform fault boundaries between plates.
C. subduction zones.
D. divergent boundaries between plates.


Answer: B

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