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Hypocenter
Hypocenter - the focus point where the process of movement along a fault begins during an earthquake; characterized by geographic coordinates and depth of the focus
Source: Order of the State Atomic Energy Supervision of Russia dated 29 December 1998 No. 3
"ON APPROVING AND INTRODUCING INTO FORCE THE GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY RB-006-98 "DETERMINATION OF INITIAL SEISMIC GROUND OSCILLATIONS FOR DESIGN FOUNDATIONS"