epicenter
noun
Also a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
Example Sentences
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It’s an idea that’s epicentral to the identity of the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
"In particular, the manuscript mentions that many settlements around Camerino were reduced to piles of stones, indicating that the epicentral area was possibly the same as in 1799," he added.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
Cable-based sensors could identify the "epicentral area" of an earthquake in the same way as land-based seismometers, the researchers suggest.
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
Mr. Jones quit the county leadership in 1967 as the party machines calcified and a shrinking population began to undermine Harlem’s epicentral political position.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2010
The very large number of after-shocks recorded at Borpeta and Bijni also points to an extension of the epicentral area beyond these places.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
