Which risk increases when a descending oceanic plate accumulates volatile-rich sediments along a subduction zone?

💡 Explanation

Seamounts increase earthquake risk at subduction boundaries because increased pore fluid pressure results from volatile release. The mechanism, effective stress reduction, amplifies fault slip area and magnitude, therefore raising earthquake hazard, rather than other hydrological-related effects.

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