Multiple Choice
The high risk of a mega-quake (mag 8.5 - 9.0) in Vancouver,British Columbia is due to what type of movement,relative to the North American Plate?
A) the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate
B) the spreading of the Pacific Plate
C) the subduction of the Pacific Plate
D) Movement along the San Andreas Fault
E) collision with the Pacific Plate
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