Look up: epicentre

1. epicentre
   [Noun] The place where an earthquake begins.
   Example: The closer we got to the epicentre of the earthquake the greater the damage we saw.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
2. epicentre
   at the site of an earthquake, the point exactly above the Earth`s seismic centre; the latter is called the hypocentre Category: Management in the public and private sector • point on the earth`s surface which is directly above the focus of an earthquake Category: The cosmos
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3. epicentre
   point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an ... [5 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/36
   
   
4. epicentre
   Point on the Earth's surface immediately above the seismic focus of an earthquake. Most building damage takes place at an earthquake's epicentre. The term is also sometimes used to refer to a point directly above or below a nuclear explosion (`at ground zero`)
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5. Epicentre
   The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus (hypocentre) of an earthquake.
   Found on http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/inf