The tsunami that devastated the south coast of Newfoundland in 1929 was caused by a ______________.
A) vertical rupture of the seafloor in an earthquake
B) submarine landslide caused by an earthquake
C) meteor impact
D) volcanic flank collapse in the Canary Islands
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