epicenters in English
noun
1
the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
The most persuasive evidence for the existence of subduction zones is the narrow Benioff zones of earthquake epicentres dipping away from deep-sea trenches.
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1. In recent years, most with epicenters near Guam have had magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 8.7.
2. Blytheville, which is prone to tremors, lies near the epicenters of the record-setting New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811–1812
3. Those two sunny cities were the twin epicenters of the condo boom, so maybe their comeuppance was to be expected.