Is there a pattern when earthquakes and patterns form?

Earthquakes can strike any location at any time, but history shows they occur in the same general patterns year after year, principally in three large zones of the earth: ... Earthquakes in these subduction zones are caused by slip between plates and rupture within plates.

are there answer choices to this question? this seems like a question where you have options to choose from.

i think the answer is a, hope this : )