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Thread #87752   Message #1641274
Posted By: GUEST,cbladey@bcpl.net
04-Jan-06 - 03:36 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: New Home for Wassail Epicenter
Subject: RE: Folklore: New Home for Wassail Epicenter
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