Multiple Choice
Why do subduction zones have the potential to create the largest earthquakes on Earth?
A) The convergence creates exceedingly large amounts of friction.
B) Subduction zones create the highest pressures of any plate boundary.
C) Subduction zones are coldest with increasing depth,so the potential rupture area is very large.
D) This is not true.Transform faults (like the San Andreas) can produce the largest earthquakes.
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