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epicenter
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epicentre (US), epicenter
the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion

epicenter [′ep·ə‚sen·tər]
(geology)
A point on the surface of the earth which is directly above the seismic focus of an earthquake and where the earthquake vibrations reach first.
(mathematics)
The center of a circle that generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid.


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