Question

You are watching TV with a friend when there is a special bulletin about a city in California being devastated by an earthquake. The news anchor reports that the epicenter of the earthquake is 45 miles east of Los Angeles. How would you explain the definition of the epicenter to your geologically impaired friend?A. The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippageB. The exact location on the fault where slippage occursC. The contact point between two tectonic platesD. The location of migrating magma in the crust

Answer 1

A. The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage

Step-by-step explanation:

Epicentre is a point from which earthquake waves generate to its surroundings