Why are the New Madrid exceptional in the history of major earthquakes?
A) The New Madrid earthquakes were the largest earthquakes in history, as measured by the Richter Scale.
B) They occurred along a transform boundary.
C) They occurred far away from tectonic plate boundaries.
D) They occurred as a series of earthquakes and aftershocks.
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