Which risk increases when long-term creep along a transform fault locks energy without slippage?

💡 Explanation

When creep along a transform fault is inhibited, elastic strain accumulates because frictional resistance exceeds stress, leading to a gradual increase in energy stored in the adjacent fault segments prone to rupture. Therefore increased probability of a megathrust earthquake results, rather than metamorphism, tremors, or kimberlite which depend on other geological processes.

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