Which risk increases disproportionately following aftershocks on pre-stressed shallow faults?

💡 Explanation

Liquefaction risk increases because the shaking from aftershocks amplifies pore water pressure by the mechanism of sediment destabilization. This destabilization reduces soil shear strength, therefore increasing liquefaction susceptibility rather than directly influencing fault creep, tsunamis, or volcanism whose interactions are more complex.

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