Point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocentre or focus in an earthquake
For other uses, see Epicenter (disambiguation).
The epicenter is directly above the earthquake's hypocenter (also called the focus).
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The epicenter (/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntər/), epicentre, or epicentrum[1] in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.
^Oxford English Dictionary: "The point over the centre: applied in Seismol. to the outbreaking point of earthquake shocks."
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