Which mechanical outcome results when fault creep exceeds friction limits?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor and slip occur because unstable friction causes stick-slip behavior. Stable-sliding friction prevents large earthquakes, therefore episodic tremor and slip occurs rather than continuous fault motion.

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