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epicentre
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epicentre

Point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the source (or focus) of an earthquake. There the effects of the earthquake usually are most severe. See also seismology.


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


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Rescue efforts and media attention centered on the epicentral region in the San Fernando Valley, but they ignored other, more distant sites rattled hard by the quake, says Bortugno.
Steve Eder, was dispatched within one hour of the earthquake and is presently in the epicentral region.
After visiting the epicentral region last year, he concluded that the Latur shock does not fit the pattern observed in other exampies of reservoir triggering.
 
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