What is the tectonic setting of the large 2011Tohuku earthquake in Japan?
A) slip along a transform fault that cuts through Japan
B) slip along a transform fault that is just offshore to the north
C) rifting in the Sea of Japan, west of the island
D) slip along a subduction zone megathrust)
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