Which seismic phenomenon typically results along a transform plate boundary undergoing strike-slip faulting?

💡 Explanation

When plates slide past each other at a transform boundary undergoing strike-slip, frictional resistance between the plates accumulates stress, causing brittle failure and release of energy as shallow-focus earthquakes. Therefore shallow-focus earthquakes result, rather than deep-focus or volcanic activity requiring subduction zone processes where one plate descends under another.

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