Earthquakes occur in the St.Lawrence River valley because ______________.
A) Newfoundland is converging with mainland Canada
B) Newfoundland is diverging from mainland Canada
C) river water destabilizes subsurface rocks
D) the valley follows a buried,failed rift
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