Which risk increases when hydrostatic pressure decreases unexpectedly during fault lubrication processes?

💡 Explanation

Dynamic rupture propagation increases as hydrostatic pressure decreases because effective normal stress on the fault increases, promoting frictional instability; this process is termed 'fault weakening'. Therefore, rupture occurs rapidly, rather than slow creep, generating seismic waves.

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