Earthquakes and other earth movements

CHAPTER VIII.

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EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES ON LAND.

1. Cracks and fissures—Materials discharged from fissures—Explanation of fissure phenomena. 2. Disturbances in lakes, rivers, springs, wells, fumaroles, &c.—Explanation of these latter phenomena. 3. Permanent displacement of ground—On coast lines—Level tracts—Among mountains—Explanation of these movements 146