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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake resulted in surface displacement of up to 20 feet near the faultline. Did this lead to any major property disputes? Was there already a legal precedent for handling cases where the land under a property line literally moved on its own?

by /u/hborrgg in /r/AskHistorians

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