Normal Faults - Squaw Point, OR. The Problem 10 placemark lies on a normal fault scarp, an offset of the land surface by slip along a fault. The hanging wall lies above the fault surface, whereas the footwall lies below the fault surface (i. e., if you were to walk on the fault, your feet would be on the footwall). For normal faults, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall to accommodate extension. Which side of the normal fault is the down-dropped hanging wall?