If you want to know what the name is, it is called the epicenter.
If you want to know a location where all earthquakes originate, there isn't one. Earthquakes can occur along faultlines, or in the middle of a continent.
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focus
Focus
This is known as the hypocenter or focus of the earthquake.
This is known as the focus or hypocentre of an earthquake.
This is known as the epicentre of the earthquake. Epicenter
The epicentre of an earthquake is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the point within the Earth where the earthquake actually occurred (known as the focus or hypocentre). From this point on the surface the waves of the earthquake radiate outward like the ripples in a pond when a stone is thrown in.
The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. It is as close to the point of origin of the quake as you can get on the surface. The earthquake is strongest at that point.
The place or origin is the epicentre.
Epicenter
The origin of an earthquake underground is the focus, which is right under the epicenter which is the place above ground where an earthquake is felt.
focus is the origin of an earthquake.
The origin of an earthquake is called the epicenter.
The point of origin of an earthquake is called its focus. The point on the surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter
The point of origin of an Earthquake within the earth is known as the hypocentre. It can also be called the focus.Directly above this on the surface is the earthquake's epicenter.
The epicenter.
The point of origin of an Earthquake within the earth is known as the hypocentre. It can also be called the focus.Directly above this on the surface is the earthquake's epicenter.
The focus
Focus
The point of origin of an earthquake is called the hypocentre or focus. The epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus.