How Does a Locked Zone of a Large Strike-Slip Fault

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Multiple Choice

How does a locked zone of a large strike-slip fault catch up with a creep zone?

• A)by frequent earthquakes around magnitude 4
• B)by infrequent and large creep events
• C)by frequent and large creep events
• D)by frequent but small earthquakes
• E)by infrequent but large fault movements (i.e. ,large quakes)

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