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epicenter
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. (context US English) (alternative spelling of epicentre English) n. (context US English) (alternative spelling of epicentre English)
WordNet
n. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake [syn: epicentre]
Wikipedia
The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum 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 ἐπίκεντρος (epikentros), "occupying a cardinal point, situated on a centre", from ἐπί (epi) "on, upon, at" and κέντρον (kentron) "centre". The term was coined by the Irish seismologist Robert Mallet.
The word, however, is frequently misused to mean 'center', such that 'center' is now one dictionary definition of the term.
The epicenter, or "epicentre", is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates.
Epicenter or epicentre may also refer to:
- The blast seat of an explosive device
- Epicenter (book), a 2006 book by Joel C. Rosenberg
- Avaya Stadium, a soccer specific stadium for Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes
- LoanMart Field, a baseball stadium in Rancho Cucamonga, California previously known as the Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter
- Epicenter (music festival), an annual music festival in Southern California
- EpiCentre K, a network of home improvement retail stores in Ukraine
Epicenter (full title Epicenter: Why Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future) is a 2006 non-fiction Christian book by political column poster Joel C. Rosenberg. The book was released on September 1, 2006 through Tyndale House Publishers, Inc and concerns how current events in the Middle East and other places in the world resemble prophecies from the Book of Ezekiel. An updated version of the book entitled Epicenter 2.0 was released in 2008 in paperback.
Epicenter is an annual music festival in Southern California presented by Right Arm Entertainment (creators of Ohio's Rock on the Range festival) and features acts on multiple stages.
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Aug 22, 2009 Fairplex - Pomona, CA
colspan=20|Main Stage: Tool, Linkin Park w/ Dead by Sunrise, Alice in Chains, Wolfmother, Atreyu, Hollywood Undead, Street Sweeper Social Club, DJ "Scratch N Sniff"
Monster Energy Stage: Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Paper Tongues, Sonny, After Midnight Project
Sep 25-26, 2010 Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA
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Main Stage: Kiss, Eminem, Bush, Papa Roach, Big Boi, Crash Kings, Deuce (formerly of Hollywood Undead)
Monster Energy Stage: House of Pain, Big B w/ Scott Russo (from Unwritten Law), The Knux, Smile Empty Soul, Kinda Major, The Envy
VIP Stage: DMX
Sep 24, 2011 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA
colspan=20| Limp Bizkit, Staind, Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch, Everlast, Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd, P.O.D., Skillet, Crossfade, Red, Asking Alexandria, Redlight King, Middle Class Rut, Drive A
Sep 22, 2012 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA
colspan=20| Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Bush, Scars on Broadway, Chevelle, Hollywood Undead, Escape the Fate, Dead Sara, Crash Kings, Hyro Da Hero, Beware of Darkness
Sep 21, 2013 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA
colspan=20| The Offspring, A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Pierce the Veil, All Time Low, Falling in Reverse, The Wonder Years, FIDLAR, New Beat Fund, Plague Vendor
Mar 14, 2015 The Forum, - Inglewood, CA
colspan=20| Korn, Limp Bizkit, House of Pain, P.O.D., Suicidal Tendencies, Hopsin
Usage examples of "epicenter".
At the very epicenter of Hell squatted Lucifer, the archfiend of all Creation.
It was the epicenter of Eurosexuals, teeming with dark-haired men who stood in the middle of the restaurant, hovering above their cassoulets, nicoises, and croque monsieurs.
Well, until that happy day, we'll be well away from the epicenter when the Crash comes which Alden says is coming.
Others, hit by spinning debris or caught in the flames spreading from the epicenters of the targets, stumbled screaming in pain and terror.
The mortar that Roger had dropped lay in fat shards at the epicenter of the black burst, making Daniel think of the cannon that had exploded at the “Siege of Maestricht,” and other such disasters he had heard about lately aboard ships of the Royal Navy.
Dating from the time at which it may be assumed that McHogue first placed the CI modules into operation, there is a growing body of evidencenavigational instrument deviations, subspace sensor readings, and the likethat a fundamental cosmological shift is taking place, with the city of Moagitty functioning as its epicenter.