epicenter
pronunciation
How to pronounce epicenter in British English:
UK ['epɪsentə]
How to pronounce epicenter in American English:
US ['epɪˌsentə]
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- Noun:
- the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
Word Origin
- epicenter (n.)
- 1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).
Example
- 1. That 's what you would expect near the epicenter of a marsquake .
- 2. But again the epicenter remains here .
- 3. The quake 's epicenter is , again , right near the nuclear power complex .
- 4. We traveled to rural sichuan province last spring , passing very close to the quake 's epicenter .
- 5. The quake 's deep , offshore epicenter muffled its impact on a sparsely populated nation .