Which risk increases in regions crossed by transform faults during periods of increased pore water pressure?

💡 Explanation

Induced seismicity becomes more likely because increased pore water pressure reduces effective normal stress on the fault planes, reducing frictional resistance, therefore fault slip is initiated at lower stresses, rather than a change in magma viscosity.

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