Which outcome occurs when deep-sea trench sediment prevents rupture propagation?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor and slip occurs because sediment limits fault locking, which prevents continuous stress buildup; therefore discrete, smaller seismic events result, rather than large earthquakes because total released energy is much lower.

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