hypocentre

Alternative forms

 * hypocenter (US)

Etymology

 * from and

Noun

 * 1)  The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
 * 2)  The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero

Antonyms

 * epicentre

Hyponyms

 * ground zero

Related terms

 * hypocentral

Translations

 * Afrikaans: hiposentrum
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 震源
 * Hakka: 震源
 * Hokkien: 震源
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: hyposentri
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay: hipopusat
 * Romanian: ,