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hypocentre

/ ˈhaɪpəʊˌsɛntə /

noun

  1. Also calledground zero the point on the ground immediately below the centre of explosion of a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere
  2. See focus
    another term for focus

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This is known variously as the seismic centre, centrum, hypocentre, origin or focus.

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