A very small percentage of all earthquakes occur ____.
A) along the Mediterranean-Asiatic Belt
B) along the Circum-Mediterranean Belt
C) within the interiors of plates and spreading-ridge systems
D) along the west coast of South America
E) along the east coast of East Asia in the Pacific Ocean
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