Which tectonic effect directly results when the horizontal shearing motion builds along a transform fault exceeding lithospheric strength?

💡 Explanation

When accumulated stress exceeds the lithosphere's tensile strength at a transform fault, stick-slip motion occurs because the fault locks/breaks, generating seismic waves from quick offset reduction. Therefore episodic earthquake propagations result, rather than other events requiring entirely different tectonic mechanisms.

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