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The place where the movement first occurred in the fault
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What is another name for an earthquake focus?
Hypocenter.
What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What is the difference between hypocenter and a epicenter?
The hypocenter is the exact location of the earthquakes origin, but where it occurs inside of the Earth. The epicenter is the spot on the Earths crust directly above where the hypocenter is. Or something like that.
What is hypocenter?
A hypocenter can refer to a site of which a nuclear bomb explodes or the start point of an earthquake, below the surface where the energy is first accumulated and released. Just some extra information, right above the hypocenter, is the epicenter.
What is the difference between the hypocenter and epicenter of an earthquake?
The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter (100's of miles), the hypocenter is where movement first occurs in the fault, and the epicenter is where we feel the quake (when it's its strongest).
What is another name for an earthquake focus?
Hypocenter.
What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What is another word for hypocenter?
i dont know does anyone know what it means
What is the definition of hypocenter?
The hypocenter is the point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts
What is the name given to the place beneath the ground where an earthquake starts?
This is known as the focus or hypocenter.
What is the difference between hypocenter and a epicenter?
The hypocenter is the exact location of the earthquakes origin, but where it occurs inside of the Earth. The epicenter is the spot on the Earths crust directly above where the hypocenter is. Or something like that.
What is hypocenter?
A hypocenter can refer to a site of which a nuclear bomb explodes or the start point of an earthquake, below the surface where the energy is first accumulated and released. Just some extra information, right above the hypocenter, is the epicenter.
What is the name of the exact point where an earthquake occurred?
The "epicenter" is the point on the surface above the "hypocenter" or "focus" of the earthquake underground.
What is the difference between the hypocenter and epicenter of an earthquake?
The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter (100's of miles), the hypocenter is where movement first occurs in the fault, and the epicenter is where we feel the quake (when it's its strongest).
What is a synonym for hypocenter?
Ground Zero.
Where is the starting point of a earthquake?
The hypocenter
Point of an origin of a earthquake?
focus or hypocenter
