If a geologist found evidence of tsunami deposits, submergence of coastal forests from ground displacement, fault rupture, results from computer models and historic documents about an ancient earthquake that occurred in 1700, this would be sufficient data to determine an earthquake occurred at that time.

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The evidence of tsunami deposits, submergence of coastal forests from ground displacement, fault rupture, and results from computer models and historic documents all point towards the occurrence of an earthquake. Taken together, this evidence would be sufficient to determine that an earthquake occurred in 1700.

If a Geologist Found Evidence of Tsunami Deposits, Submergence of Coastal