new English=earth-quack
old English =earth-quake
Plate Tectonics cause (are the origin of) earthquakes. The point at which an earthquake occurs (the origin within the Earth) is the focus or hypocentre. The point on the Earth's surface directly above this is the epicentre.
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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.
Epicenter
it is called the focus The epicentre.
a earthquake happens whaen a plate moves that what happen when we had the christchurch earthquake happened.
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