Usage examples (14)

• This is termed the upthrow of the fault, as at B; and the downthrow, as at A.
• As we can easily see, in an earthquake jar traveling from the opposite end of the earth, there should be no insurmountable difficulty in recognizing the jar, which is a direct...
• For instance, de Beaumont suggested that the Pyrenees had been uplifted in a single sudden upthrow (en un seul jet) and that this elevation had occurred at the same time...
• The upthrow comes swiftly on the moment of impact.