Landslides and volcanic eruptions can cause a tsunami by

A) causing the ground to shake.
B) causing large winds and fast-moving pyroclastic flows.
C) causing a large mass of rock to displace the water catastrophically.
D) forming large gas bubbles under water.
E) heating up the water, causing it to expand.


C) causing a large mass of rock to displace the water catastrophically.

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