5040 hits last month...quite an earthquake....remember if you have an event we will list it free.....I will do mine in baltimore the nearest saturday to the 17th which is old first night. enjoy... The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus. rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/quakegis/glossary.html The point on the Earth's surface vertically above the point (focus or hypocenter) in the crust where a seismic rupture nucleates. mbmgquake.mtech.edu/seismic_glossary.html Point on the surface of the Earth located above the eartquake hypocenter (or focus). Epicenter locations are shown on "seismicity maps". curragh.univ-brest.fr/~goslin/SIRENA/SIRENA_2/glossary.html Point on the surface, directly over the hypo center. www.stpaul.com/www-clm/catastrophe/earthquake_glossary.html The point on Earth's surface immediately above where an earthquake was generated. www.geologyeducation.com/hazardcity/Files/misc/glossary.html the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn The epicenter or epicentre (ancient Greek: επίκεντρον) is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the point where an earthquake or other underground explosion originates. The epicenter is directly above the hypocenter, the actual location of the energy release inside the earth. Seismic waves propagate spherically out from the hypocenter. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicenter
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