from a sudden increase in solar radiation striking Earth from the Moon's gravitational pull during a close orbit from rocks under stress shifting deep inside Earth from the weight of sediments pushing down on bedrock
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: Where does the energy from an earthquake originate?
Possibilities:
- from a sudden increase in solar radiation striking Earth
- from the Moon's gravitational pull during a close orbit
- from rocks under stress shifting deep inside Earth
- from the weight of sediments pushing down on bedrock

from rocks under stress shifting deep inside Earth