The epicenter of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was located around 16 miles (25 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Yes, the epicenter of an earthquake is far from the Earth's center. The epicenter is defined as the point on the Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake originates, known as the focus or hypocenter, which is typically located several kilometers beneath the surface. In contrast, the Earth's center is about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles) deep, making the epicenter relatively close to the surface compared to the Earth's core.
2 miles southwest or southeast of Chino Hills in Southern California, was felt over a very, very large area.
The epicenter of the quake near Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011 was 6 miles south east of the city at a depth of approximately 3 miles.
The focus is below ground that is where the earth quake happens. The epicenter is above because that is where it is located
The epicentre of the earthquake was 40 miles south of Tokyo.
The epicenter of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake was near San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean, close to the San Andreas Fault. The earthquake, which occurred on April 18, 1906, was a major event with a magnitude of about 7.9.
The largest city approximately 100 miles west of 2011 earthquake epicenter was Sendai, located 130 kilometers or 80 miles west in the ToÂhoku region, which took most of the damage.
The epicenter was just to the north west of San Francisco, however the earthquake ruptured the whole northern section of the San Andreas fault for a distance of 296 miles.
Haiti is sandwiched north and south between two fault lines: the Septentrional Fault and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. The epicenter of the Haitian earthquake of 12 January 2010 was 10 miles south of the capital Port Au Prince, directly on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault , at a depth of about 5.2 miles underground.
The epicenter of the quake was 80 miles east of Sendai in the Ocean.
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).
The epicenter of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was located around 16 miles (25 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
The epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the San Francisco earthquake, was located in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 60 miles south of San Francisco.
The distance at which you can feel a 4.5 earthquake from its epicenter varies depending on factors like the depth of the quake and the local geology. Generally, people can feel a 4.5 earthquake within about 30-50 miles from the epicenter.
Yes. It was a 4.0 earthquake. The epicenter was about 17 miles South of McAlester.
2 miles southwest or southeast of Chino Hills in Southern California, was felt over a very, very large area.