epicenter

The precise location where the earth slips beneath the surface in an earthquake is its hypocenter (or focus) and the spot up on the surface where people feel the quake is its epicenter. Geologists get upset when people use the latter word, designating a point rather removed from the main action, as if it were a synonym of “epitome” and meant something like “most important center.” The British spell it “epicentre.”

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Definitions

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• n  the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

News & Articles

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• Lynn park has new playground
  LYNN — It took five years and tens of thousands of dollars, but a residents of a high-crime neighborhood in Lynn have reclaimed a park that was once the epicenter of gang activity.
  June 17, 2013 - The Daily Item
• ESTHER CEPEDA: Rubio and Cruz, emerging GOP superstars
  It's fascinating that two Hispanic men — both of whom are further to the right of where most Latinos stand on immigration — are at the epicenter of the current reform debate.
  June 16, 2013 - The San Angelo Standard-Times
• Sean Q. Kelly: Credit regs for saving house
  In a matter of two hours, the Springs Fire spread across the four miles of rugged hills and brush that separated our Ventura County home from the epicenter of the fire.
  June 16, 2013 - Ventura County Star