Which mechanism causes coastal uplift following a megathrust earthquake at a subduction zone?

💡 Explanation

When a megathrust earthquake occurs, elastic rebound happens because the overriding plate rapidly releases built-up strain from being locked with the subducting plate, causing vertical displacement. Therefore uplift results, rather than from isostatic, thermal, or erosional effects which involve different magnitudes, timescales and processes.

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