Editing Epicenter (section)

{{short description|Point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocentre or focus in an earthquake}}
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[[File:Epicenter Diagram.svg|thumb|right|The epicenter is directly above the [[earthquake]]'s [[hypocenter]] (also called the {{em|focus}}).]]
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The '''epicenter''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|p|ɪ|ˌ|s|ɛ|n|t|ər}}), '''epicentre''', or '''epicentrum'''<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'': "The point over the centre: applied in Seismol. to the outbreaking point of earthquake shocks."</ref> in [[seismology]] is the point on the [[Earth]]'s surface directly above a [[hypocenter|hypocenter or focus]], the point where an [[earthquake]] or an underground explosion originates.