The epicentre isn't always the point of heaviest damage. Faults can be many kilometres long and seismic waves shake areas all along the fault.
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Epicentre
//ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ//
Synonyms for "epicentre" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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67 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- episentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Arabic
3 entries- بُؤْرَة noun (focal point of activity)
- مَرْكَز noun (point above earthquake)
- مَرْكَز اَلزِّلْزَال noun (point above earthquake)
Armenian
2 entries- էպիկենտրոն noun (point above earthquake)
- էպիկենտրոն noun (focal point of activity)
Asturian
1 entries- epicentru noun (point above earthquake)
Belarusian
1 entries- эпіцэ́нтр noun (point above earthquake)
Breton
1 entries- epikreizenn noun (point above earthquake)
Bulgarian
1 entries- епице́нтър noun (point above earthquake)
Catalan
1 entries- epicentre noun (point above earthquake)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 震中 noun (point above earthquake)
- 震中心 noun (point above earthquake)
- 震央 noun (point above earthquake)
Czech
1 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Danish
1 entries- epicenter noun (point above earthquake)
Dutch
1 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Esperanto
1 entries- surcentro noun (point above earthquake)
Estonian
1 entries- epitsenter noun (point above earthquake)
Finnish
3 entries- episentri noun (point above earthquake)
- episentrumi noun (point above earthquake)
- keskipiste noun (focal point of activity)
French
2 entries- épicentre noun (point above earthquake)
- épicentre noun (focal point of activity)
Galician
1 entries- epicentro noun (point above earthquake)
German
1 entries- Epizentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Greek
2 entries- επίκεντρο noun (point above earthquake)
- επίκεντρο noun (focal point of activity)
Hindi
1 entries- उपरिकेंद्र noun (point above earthquake)
Hungarian
1 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Icelandic
1 entries- skjálftamiðja noun (point above earthquake)
Indonesian
2 entries- episenter noun (point above earthquake)
- episentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Irish
4 entries- airmheán noun (focal point of activity)
- ceartlár noun (focal point of activity)
- croí noun (focal point of activity)
- croílár noun (focal point of activity)
Italian
1 entries- epicentro noun (point above earthquake)
Japanese
4 entries- 震央 noun (point above earthquake)
- 震源 noun (point above earthquake)
- 震源地 noun (point above earthquake)
- 震源地 noun (focal point of activity)
Korean
1 entries- 진앙 noun (point above earthquake)
Latvian
2 entries- epicentrs noun (point above earthquake)
- epicentrs noun (focal point of activity)
Lithuanian
1 entries- epicentras noun (point above earthquake)
Low German
1 entries- epizentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Malay
2 entries- epipusat noun (point above earthquake)
- pusat gempa noun (point above earthquake)
Norwegian
1 entries- episenter noun (point above earthquake)
Oromo
1 entries- epicenter noun (point above earthquake)
Polish
2 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
- epicentrum noun (focal point of activity)
Portuguese
1 entries- epicentro noun (point above earthquake)
Russian
1 entries- эпице́нтр noun (point above earthquake)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- epicentar noun (point above earthquake)
- епицентар noun (point above earthquake)
Slovak
1 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Slovene
1 entries- epicenter noun (point above earthquake)
Spanish
1 entries- epicentro noun (point above earthquake)
Swedish
1 entries- epicentrum noun (point above earthquake)
Thai
1 entries- ศูนย์กลาง noun (point above earthquake)
Ukrainian
1 entries- епіце́нтр noun (point above earthquake)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chấn tâm noun (point above earthquake)
Welsh
2 entries- uwchganolbwynt noun (point above earthquake)
- uwchganolbwynt noun (focal point of activity)
Sample sentences
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Eleven months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion, Bakhmut and surrounding areas have become an epicenter of fighting, their importance growing as both sides have added forces to the battle.
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Yan Cheng had cerebral palsy and died on January 29 while in the care of officials in Huajiahe township, Hongan county, more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
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The records of disturbances epicentering closer to the station, notably those of 1914 in Los Santos Province of the Republic of Panama, about 120 miles from Balboa Heights, have usually been less satisfactory than this record […]
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