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What type of energy is stored in the earths crust and produces earthquakes when It is released A) kinetic energy B) heat energy C) sound energy D) potential energy

What type of energy is stored in the earths crust and produces earthquakes when It is released A) kinetic energy B) heat energy C) sound energy D) potential energy
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What type of energy is stored in the earths crust and produces earthquakes when It is released

A) kinetic energy
B) heat energy
C) sound energy
D) potential energy

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User Alex Postushnoy
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Heat energy because the energy in seismic waves that causes the ground to shake is heat energy. Heat energy associated with friction on the fault slip surface



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