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a. nonseismic intervals between frequent earthquakes along a particular fault
b. portions of seismograms that lie between the arrival of P and S waves
c. segments of active faults that experience frequent earthquakes
d. segments of active faults that have not produced earthquakes for a long period of time


d

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