Because the slow slips occur deep and at discrete intervals, they regulate the rate at which stress accumulates on the shallower part of the fault zone, which moves in fits and starts.

• 因为这些慢速的滑动都在较深的地方以不连续地方式发生，因此应力便累积在断层带较浅的部位，使得断层带发生间歇性地移动。