Historic earthquakes in the Rio Grande rift area have had only small to moderate magnitudes, but the continental lithosphere continues to compress and shorten, thus presenting a real hazard for large earthquakes near settlements including Albuquerque, Socorro, and Las Cruces in New Mexico, El Paso in Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. True / False.

False.

Explanation:

The historical earthquakes found in the Rio Grande and the rift area and its separates the colorado plateau in the west in the interior of north america's as rift zone consists of the three major basins that are less than 100 km square.  Thus presenting a real hazard for the larger earthquakes near the settlement and his rafting pulls part the lower crust and upper mantle.

Answer metamorphic rock;