EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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starting point of an earthquake
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place around the center of an earthquake
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region directly above the focus
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point about 100 kilometers deep in the lithosphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -So the epicenter is the point where or the point on the earth surface vertically above the hyper center, Or what we call the focus. It is boiling in the crust, where assist me rupture begins. So the correct answer here is the blaze.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Sometimes an earthquake has foreshocks.
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 epicenter is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer is C. The point where the waves originate is called the focus of the earthquake. The point within the earth along the rupturing geological fault where an earthquake originates is called the focus, or hypocenter. The point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter.