Epicenter

The rapid surge of cases in the north of Italy has prompted panic shopping, with supermarkets across the country, even in the south far from the viral epicenter, packed with families stocking up on food and medicine.

Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.

New York state on Tuesday created a “containment zone” around the town of New Rochelle, the epicenter of the outbreak in the state.

Europe has replaced China as the epicenter of the pandemic.

The World Health Organization said Tuesday the United States could soon become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

As restrictions on travel and other movement by citizens are eased in the Chinese city of Wuhan — once, the epicenter of the world-wide coronavirus outbreak — health officials say they must remain vigilant against a resurgence of the virus.

Wednesday’s quake, whose epicenter was 125 kilometers or almost 78 miles away, shook and shuddered Celleno’s medieval and modern houses for about 20 seconds.

Algiers is the epicenter of Algeria.

Rex, an atmospheric scientist at AWI for Polar and Ocean Research that organized the expedition, said that scientists witnessed firsthand the dramatic effects of global warming on ice in the Arctic Circle, considered “the epicenter of climate change.”

Italy, an early epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, has been gradually re-opening over the past few weeks.