The epicenter or epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates. The word derives from the New Latin noun epicentrum, the latinisation of the ancient Greek adjective ?π?κεντρο? (epikentros), "occupying a cardinal point, situated on a centre",?π?κεντρο?, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus from ?π? (epi) "on, upon, at"?π?, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and κ?ντρον (kentron) "[epicentre, on Oxford Dictionaries
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