epicentre

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Apparently we’re sitting at the epicentre of the world clash of civilisations.
從表面上看，我們處在世界文化沖突的震中位置。
The epicentre of the most lethal and destructive earthquake in Italy for almost 30 years lay a few kilometres outside the city.
這是意大利近30年中遇難人數(shù)最多、破壞性最強的一次地震，震中距市區(qū)僅幾公里遠(yuǎn)。
The most serious was the national emergency office’s early assurance that there was no risk of a tsunami (it misplaced the quake’s epicentre as being on land).
最嚴(yán)重的是國家危機事物辦公室早前斷言不會出現(xiàn)海嘯危險（其誤測了震中）。

Strathclyde's estates are the epicentre: five Glaswegians were killed in one 48-hour spell last month.
ECONOMIST: Murder

the point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake or atomic explosion

The epicentre of an earthquake is the place on the Earth's surface directly above the point where it starts, and is the place where it is felt most strongly.