Despite the profound effects that earthquakes have had on civilizations for so many centuries, systematic scientific observations were not made until the early ________ century, when good descriptions were made of earthquake effects on the land.

A. thirteenth
B. nineteenth
C. seventeenth
D. twentieth
E. eighteenth


Answer: B

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