Which outcome primarily results regarding energy during episodic tremor?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor reduces stress on locked zones through aseismic slip; this stress shadows impending earthquakes because stress is transferred away from areas primed for rupture due to steady creep, rather than building catastrophic brittle failure.

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