An area near a coastline has a lot of damage. Earth materials are cracked and moved from one place to another, and there are a lot of flooded areas and places with extreme erosion. What is the most likely reason for these changes?(1 point)

Question

An area near a coastline has a lot of damage. Earth materials are cracked and moved from one place to another, and there are a lot of flooded areas and places with extreme erosion. What is the most likely reason for these changes?(1 point)
Responses

An active volcano caused the damage.
An active volcano caused the damage.

Both an earthquake and a tsunami caused the damage.
Both an earthquake and a tsunami caused the damage.

An earthquake caused all the damage.
An earthquake caused all the damage.

A tsunami caused all the damage.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The most likely reason for the described changes in the area near the coastline, considering the cracked and moved earth materials, flooding, and extreme erosion, is:

Both an earthquake and a tsunami caused the damage.

This is because an earthquake can trigger a tsunami, leading to significant flooding and erosion, as well as ground shaking that can crack and displace earth materials.