Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to

Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquakeof a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West .

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C) will