Additionally, the longer the strain builds up, the greater the eventual release will be, although it’s possible in some cases for the energy to be released in a

Additionally, the longer the strain builds up, the greater the eventual release will be, although it’s possible in some cases for the energy to be released in a series of smaller events. In the case of this fault however, on geological time scales, it’s more or less like clockwork. There is also the possibility of such an event triggering, perhaps st some temporal remove, the release of other faults such as the San Andreas.