Which risk increases along strike-slip faults when subsurface pressure declines?

💡 Explanation

Induced seismicity increases because reduced fluid pressure near a fault decreases effective normal stress, therefore frictional strength on the fault surface weakens, easing slip when shear stress changes, rather than large tectonic shifts.

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