it means earthquakes will happen more often
The earth's crust is not stress
It causes it to deform - this deformation is called "strain".
The movement in earths plates create powerful forces that pull or squeeze the rock in the crust.
Compression Stress Tension Stress Shearing Stress
Tension
Deformation
Plate motions produce stress in Earths crust that leads to faults, mountain building, and earthquakes.
I found that folding happens
Erosian, weathering.
after shock
It stresses it and causes cracks.
It can be the cause of folding, faulting, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, and rifts.