Which of the following statements is true?
A) The seafloor undergoes sudden horizontal slippage during an earthquake, causing the overlying water to be accelerated or pushed laterally, initiating a tsunami.
B) The seafloor suddenly moves upward or downward during an earthquake, displacing the sea surface into a mound or trough, as gravity tries to restore the sea surface a very fast tsunami wave is generated.
C) As seafloor is subducted, water is squeezed out of deep sea sediment to produce a surface wave (tsunami) .
D) Tsunami can be generated by sea cliffs tumbling into tidewater, thereby generating a surface wave.
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