I'm a student that is learning about this and the Epicenter is the answer! I apologize that my answer is brief but I am still learning about it.
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Answer by FutureLPGAgolferEpicenter - point on Earth's surface above point where seismic waves originate.the starting place of an earthquake big feeling
The word focus (or hypocentre) is used to describe the location within the Earth where an earthquake occurs. The point directly above this on the Earth's surface is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
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The term that describes the point on the Earth's surface above the area where an earthquake originates is it's epicenter.
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The spot directly above the focus where an earthquake occurs is called the epicenter. This is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the underground location where the earthquake starts, known as the focus or hypocenter.
The place on Earth's surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake is called the epicenter. This is the point on the surface located vertically above the earthquake's focus (or hypocenter), where the seismic waves originate.
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus where an earthquake occurs is called the epicenter. It is the point where the seismic energy is first released and is typically where the strongest shaking is felt during an earthquake.
The focus of an earthquake is the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
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Answer by FutureLPGAgolferEpicenter - point on Earth's surface above point where seismic waves originate.the starting place of an earthquake big feeling
The spot on the surface directly above where the earthquake occurs is called the epicenter. It is usually the point on the Earth's surface closest to where the seismic waves originate deep within the Earth.
You have confused the term epicentre with hypocentre (or focus), whereby the focus is the point within the earth where the earthquake rupture occurs and the epicentre is the point on the surface directly above this.
Nothing (well the atmosphere and then outer space)! As the epicentre of an earthquake is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocentre (which is the place in the Earth where the rupture / fault movement that causes the earthquake occurs).
the epicenter , this is the correct answer!