The Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886 occurred along a seismic belt that may be related to ________.
A. an ancient subduction zone beneath the Appalachian Mountains
B. remnants of the African Plate attached to North America
C. tectonic stresses transmitted across the North American continent from California
D. canal building prior to the Civil War
E. an adjacent oceanic fracture zone on the Atlantic seafloor
Answer: E
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