[mod.Lat., a. Gr. ἐπίκεντρον, neut. of ἐπίκεντρος adj., ‘situate upon a center,’ f. ἐπί upon + κέντρον CENTRE.] The point over the center: applied in Seismology to the outbreaking point of earthquake shocks.
1879. Le Conte, Elem. Geol., 109. The point of first emergence (epicentrum).
1887. Science (U. S. A.), 20 May, 495/2. Along this line there are three points, each of which has all the characters of an epicentrum, determined by as many distinct shocks, each having a focus of its own.
