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hypocenter

[ hahy-puh-sen-ter ]

noun

Geology.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hypocenter1

First recorded in 1900–05; hypo- + center
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After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.

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The point in the Earth where the energy is first released is called the hypocenter, said Nate Onderdonk, professor of geological sciences at Cal State Long Beach.

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An epicenter, then, is the point at the Earth’s surface above the hypocenter.

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Only eight of those 20 had the other constraints Kearse and Kaneko needed to test their model, like the earthquake’s hypocenter.

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Rather, the slip between rocks begins at one spot on the face of the fault—the hypocenter—and travels along it, like a zipper being unzipped.

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