Which is a central characteristic of the economic system found in the United States? The government owns the means of production
All wage earners are paid the same amount
Labor unions have been made illegal
Businesses are driven by the desire for profits,

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.