. The New Madrid earthquakes did not happen in a place that is earthquake-prone, or likely to have earthquakes.
What evidence in the text supports this conclusion?
A. The New Madrid faults lie far from any plate boundary.
B. Faults are cracks in Earth's crust.
C. The ground on either side of a fault moves very gradually.
D. Tectonic plates fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle.