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What is the name of the exact point where an earthquake occurred?
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∙ 11y ago
The "epicenter" is the point on the surface above the "hypocenter" or "focus" of the earthquake underground.
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Good Friday earthquake is a name given to?
The 1964 Alaska earthquake. It occurred on Good Friday.
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This is known as the earthquake's focus or hypocentre.
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An epicenter.
What is another name for earthquake detector?
Seismograph
What is the name of the earthquake which occurred in Kobe in 1923?
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Good Friday earthquake is a name given to?
The 1964 Alaska earthquake. It occurred on Good Friday.
Name the point where an earthquake is strongest?
The strongest point in an earthquake is the epicenter.
What name is given to the point at which an earthquake begins?
The point at which an earthquake begins is referred to as the epicenter of the quake.
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What is the name above an earthquake?
The point at which the earthquake starts - is the Epicentre.
What was the name of the epicentre of the earthquake that recently occurred in Indonesia?
good nice question but the epicentre was europe
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This is known as the earthquake's focus or hypocentre.
What is the name of the strongest earthquake?
The loudest recorded earthquake occurred in Japan in March of 2011. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Oregon State University stated it was the loudest underwater sound ever recorded.
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What is the name of the Point on earth surface directly above earthquakes?
The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake's origin.
Name the areas where earthquake have recently occurred last 5 years.?
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