EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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An area along a fault which has surpassed its usual interval between any earthquake activity.
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The location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus (or origin) of an earthquake.
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The point along a fault, within Earth’s crust, where an earthquake originates; the point where energy is released.
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The point at which faults like to gather around and discuss how stressed out they are.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter.
Detailed explanation-2: -The focus is point inside the earth where the earthquake started, sometimes called the hypocenter, and the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus is called the epicenter.
Detailed explanation-3: -Epicenter is the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts. Focus (aka Hypocenter) is the location in the Earth where the earthquake starts.
Detailed explanation-4: -The epicentre is the worst affected area on the Earth’s surface when the earthquake occurs. The point inside the earth right under the epicentre is called the focus.
Detailed explanation-5: -The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum is the point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates.