Chinese Vocabulary
震源
earthquake focus / hypocenter
zhènyuán
Usage
The point inside the earth where an earthquake starts. The May 18 quake had 震源深度 only 8 km — extremely shallow, which is why surface damage was disproportionate to the magnitude.
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