Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the risk of a major earthquake on the peninsular segment of the San Andreas fault
A. has been reduced as a consequence of active earthquake-prevention measures now being undertaken.
B. has been eliminated because all the built-up stress has been released.
C. is no longer a fear, because the Loma Prieta quake confirmed the reliability of earthquake-prediction techniques.
D. is estimated to have increased; that segment remains locked.
Answer: D
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