Subduction zone faults can slip slowly, generating tremor. The varying correlation between tidal stresses and tremor occurring deep in the Cascadia subduction zone suggests that the fault is inherently weak, and gets weaker as it slips.
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Bürgmann, R. Diary of a wimpy fault. Nature Geosci 8, 331–332 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2426
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