While unlikely it is possible. Consider that in 1811 the New Madrid earthquake abruptly changed the course of one of the largest rivers in the world, the Mississippi.
This is known as the focus or hypocentre of an earthquake.
The seismograph.
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 point beneath the earth's surface where an earthquake originates is called the hypocenter.
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.
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This is known as the focus or hypocentre of an earthquake.
It is the epicentre of the earthquake on the earth's surface.
The place on the surface directly above the earthquake focus is called the epicenter. It is generally the point on the Earth's surface where the earthquake is most strongly felt and where the seismic waves originate.
It cracks it
It shifts it around.
The point on Earth's surface directly above the place where an earthquake originates is known as an epicenter.
the focus of an earthquake is beneath the surface of the earth in the crust.
The term that describes the point on the Earth's surface above the area where an earthquake originates is it's epicenter.
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.
The center of an earthquake is called the focus or hypocenter. It is the point within the Earth's crust where the earthquake originates. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter.