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surface on one side of a fissure, which could be traced for 40 miles, 

 sank 2 to 20 feet (Fig. 282). In this case there was also notable 



Fig. 281. Fissure produced by earthquake. Arizona. 



horizontal displacement, the east wall of the fissure being thrust 

 locally as much as 13 feet to the north. 1 





Fig. 282. Fault in Japan, 1891. (Koto.) 



1 Koto, Jour. Coll. Sci., Japan, Vol. V, Pt. IV (1893), pp. 329, 339. Cited 

 by Geikie, loc. cit., p. 373. 



