What is NOT true about earthquakes?
A. They produce vibrations in Earth’s crust.
B. Shockwaves result from fault displacement.
C. They occur at the surface or deep in the crust.
D. Displacement is a slow release of energy.
E. They generate several kinds of seismic waves.
D
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