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it is called the focus The epicentre.
the center of a circumscribed circle is called the focus.
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The point of origin of an earthquake is called the hypocentre or focus. The epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus.
the centre is called the focus whereas the point where it happens on the surface is called the epicentre.