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- noun geology The
focus of anearthquake , directly under theepicenter - noun military The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion
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Examples
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I agree with hypocentre that it's likely not a hard drive problem.
Total system failure ReBecca Foster 2008
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In particular the A-Dome as mentioned earlier, but also a surviving tree (1. 5km from the hypocentre transplanted in the park), the building that withstood the blast and the T-shaped bridge that was the actual orginal target.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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He pointed out some of the other surviving buildings and structures, took us to a graveyard that survived (granite survived quite well) and the actual hypocentre of the bomb
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The hypocentre site in Nagasaki, the Secretary-General said, "does far more than mark the geographic centre of the bomb" s impact.
Spero News 2010
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Its destructive power was made worse because the point where the earth's crust began to rupture - its hypocentre - occurred at the relatively shallow depth of 13km (8.1 miles) beneath the surface.
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The point of the earthquake's origin beneath the surface is called the hypocentre.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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Then surface waves radiate outwards from the epicentre - the point on the surface directly above the hypocentre - and arrive after the main P and S waves.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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