Question

epicenter The destruction caused by Mexico City's earthquake was extensive because the city was at the quake's epicenter. ˈɛpəˌsɛntər

Accepted Answer

(1) The location on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. (2) The center or focus of activity. The meaning of epi- in epicenter is “over,” so the epicenter of an earthquake lies over the center or “focus” of the quake. Epicenter can also refer to the centers of things that may seem in their own way as powerful—though not as destructive—as earthquakes. Wall Street, for example, might be said to lie at the epicenter of the financial world

word	epicenter
definition	(1) The location on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. (2) The center or focus of activity.
eg_sentence	The destruction caused by Mexico City's earthquake was extensive because the city was at the quake's epicenter.
explanation	The meaning of epi- in epicenter is “over,” so the epicenter of an earthquake lies over the center or “focus” of the quake. Epicenter can also refer to the centers of things that may seem in their own way as powerful—though not as destructive—as earthquakes. Wall Street, for example, might be said to lie at the epicenter of the financial world
IPA	ˈɛpəˌsɛntər

Epicenter Focus Center Earthquake Location Earth's Surface Directly