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The point within the earth where the earthquake occurs is known as the focus or hypocentre. The point directly above this on the earth's surface is known as the epicentre.
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What is an example of an earthquake focus?
it is the center of an earthquake.
What is the center of an earthquake?
It is called the focus, and the point on Earth's surface located directly above the earthquake focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.
What is the location on the surface directly above the earthquake focus called?
epicenter
What do you call the center of a seismic wave?
focus
What is the focus and epicenter of 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.
What is focus in earthquake?
The center of an earthquake is the epicenter.
What is an example of an earthquake focus?
it is the center of an earthquake.
The center of an earthquake?
focus
What is also known as the 'focus' - the place underground where an earthquake originates?
The Underground center of an earthquake is called the focus.
What is the center of an earthquake?
It is called the focus, and the point on Earth's surface located directly above the earthquake focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.
Underground center of an earthquake?
Earthquakes occur underground and are felt on the surface. The center of an earthquake on the surface is called the epicenter, and the center of the earthquake underground, where it occurs, is called the hypocenter or focus.
How is the focus of the earthquake related to the epic center?
By there differences
What does the center of each circle represent in the epicenter of an earthquake?
it is the seismic focus center
Where is the earthquake's epicenter is located?
The epicenter is the surface located right above the focus, which is the center of an earthquake.
What is an underground center of an earthquake?
An earthquake's epicentre is on the Earth's surface, directly above the underground hypocentre or focus.
How focus and epicenter related?
The focus and epicenter are both "earthquake points". The focus is the point of origin of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion while the epicenter the very center or focal point.
What do you call the area directly above the focus of an earthquake?
epicentre :)
