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Seismographs placed around the planet detect the vibrations and calculate the epicenter using triangulation.

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What is point where movement occurred which triggered the earthquake?

The point is the epicentre of the earthquake.


What is the originate of earthquake?

Its epicentre


Name of the center of the earthquake?

The underground centre of an earthquake is the Hypocentre or focus.


What mean earthquake focus?

asw2. The epicentre is the underground location of the earthquake, and the focus is the point on the surface directly above the epicentre.


What is above the orgin of an earthquake?

the epicentre


What is centre of a earthquake called?

epicentre


What is the definition of an epicentre of an earthquake?

The epicentre of an earthquake is the point on the earth's surface away from which the seismic waves produced by an earthquake radiate. This is similar to the way waves or ripples in a pond move outwards in concentric circles from the point where you throw a stone into the water. As such the epicentre is the point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus or hypocentre (the point within the earth where the fault rupture or movement actually occurs).


What is difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake?

The difference between the epicentre and the focus of earthquakes is this:The focus of the earthquake is where the actual earthquake occurred and the epicentre is on the ground directly above the focus. The epicentre is used to say where the earthquake was in relation to places near where it occurred.Hope this helped :)


What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake?

The difference between the epicentre and the focus of earthquakes is this:The focus of the earthquake is where the actual earthquake occurred and the epicentre is on the ground directly above the focus. The epicentre is used to say where the earthquake was in relation to places near where it occurred.Hope this helped :)


How many epicentres can an earthquake have?

Each earthquake has just one epicentre.


What damage is shown at the epicentre?

Epicentre is point where earthquake shock first reaches on surface so damage shown at epicentre is great


Where was the epicentre for the recent earthquake in turkey?

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