Which outcome results when aseismic creep is interrupted?

💡 Explanation

Seismic activity increases because stick-slip behavior initiates on locked fault segments, which causes periodic releases of accumulated stress, therefore producing large earthquakes, rather than creep, which relieves stress steadily under normal conditions.

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