Which mechanism causes tsunami generation during a shallow-focus subduction zone earthquake?

💡 Explanation

When a shallow-focus earthquake occurs in a subduction zone, sudden fault rupture causes uplift of the sea floor because elastic rebound displaces a large water volume. Therefore upward displacement results, rather than resonance, pressure waves or liquefaction which operate via secondary environmental effects.

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