Which risk increases when a fault plane locks?

💡 Explanation

Elastic Rebound increases, because friction on a locked fault prevents slip, therefore accumulating strain energy rather than releasing it gradually, which could trigger a big earthquake. This is drastically increased rather than a reduction in the rate of deformation.

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