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hypocentre

British  
/ ˈhaɪpəʊˌsɛntə /

noun

  1. Also called: ground zero.  the point on the ground immediately below the centre of explosion of a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere

  2. another term for focus

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The region within which the displacement occurs is sometimes called the hypocentre, but more frequently the seismic focus or simply the focus.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

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