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  1. The point on the Earth's surface immediately
  2. above the seismic focus of an earthquake.
  3. Most damage usually takes place at an
  4. earthquake's epicentre. The term sometimes
  5. refers to a point directly above or below a
  6. nuclear explosion (`at ground zero').
  7.