Which outcome often occurs when the locked zone experiences seismic asperity?

💡 Explanation

A megathrust earthquake is the most likely answer; seismic asperities cause increased frictional resistance, leading to episodic release via elastic rebound, because built up strain exceeds the fault strength, therefore results in a large magnitude earthquake, rather than gradual slip or tsunami failure.

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