You would be at most risk of an earthquake due to a divergent boundary in which metropolitan area of the United States?
a. ?Seattle, Washington
b. ?Los Angeles, California
c. ?Miami, Florida
d. ?Salt Lake City, Utah
e. ?St. Louis, Missouri
ANSWER: d
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