The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was generated by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake along ________ off the shore of Sumatra.

A. a seafloor spreading center
B. a continental rift zone
C. a hot-spot island chain
D. a subduction zone
E. an oceanic transform fault


Answer: D

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