The hypocenter (literally: `below the center` from the Greek: ὑπόκεντρον) refers to the site of an earthquake or a nuclear explosion. In the former, it is a synonym of the focus; in the latter, of ground zero. ==Earthquakes== An earthquake`s hypocenter is the position where the strain energy stored in the rock is first released, mark......
The place on a buried fault where an earthquake occurs.
hypocenter. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts. Also commonly termed the focus.
A point beneath earth's surface where the vibrations of an earthquake are thought to have originated
The point below the epicenter at which an earthquake actually begins; the focus.
The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture begins, also known as the focus
focus (def. 5).