The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes were different from most California earthquakes because

A) the New Madrid earthquakes did not occur on faults
B) the New Madrid earthquakes were centered in a plate interior
C) they were weaker than typical California earthquakes
D) they occurred on a plate boundary between the North American and Caribbean plates


B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The network of cities that stretched from Russia and Scandinavia across northern Germany and to the North Sea formed the ________ ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The Andes Mountains are an example of ________ plate boundary

A) a continental transform B) a continental-continental convergent C) a continental-continental divergent D) an oceanic-continental convergent E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent

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