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hypocenter
释义
Definition of
hypocenter
in US English:
hypocenter
noun
ˈhīpəˌsen(t)ər
ˈhīpəˌsen(t)ər
1
The underground focus point of an earthquake.
Compare with epicenter
Example sentences
Examples
Only two small communities are located within 100 km of the hypocenter (which this bulletin says is 10 km underground, not 5).
The Richter scale measures the amount of seismic energy released from the hypocenter of the earthquake; it is not used to express damage.
Magnitude is a measure of the energy released by a quake at its hypocenter, the point underground where movement first occurs along a fault.
2
another term for ground zero
Definition of
hypocenter
in US English:
hypocenter
noun
ˈhīpəˌsen(t)ər
1
The underground focus point of an earthquake.
Compare with epicenter
Example sentences
Examples
The Richter scale measures the amount of seismic energy released from the hypocenter of the earthquake; it is not used to express damage.
Only two small communities are located within 100 km of the hypocenter (which this bulletin says is 10 km underground, not 5).
Magnitude is a measure of the energy released by a quake at its hypocenter, the point underground where movement first occurs along a fault.
2
another term for ground zero
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