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Epicenter

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009915

The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009915
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Earthquake Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009915",
  "term": "Epicenter",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Earthquake Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/epicenter/"
}

Record 9,915 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.