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epicentrePoint on the Earth's surface immediately above the seismic focus of an earthquake. Most building damage takes place at an earthquake's epicentre. The term is also sometimes used to refer to a point directly above or below a nuclear explosion (‘at ground zero’). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Programmes to distribute free antiretroviral (ARV) drugs have been established and safe sex campaigns are gradually entrenching condom use in Delhi's GB Road and Mumbai's Kamatipura red-light districts-notorious epicentres of infection. Seventy five of the 135 figures in the book are simple black-and-white maps showing earthquake epicentres, faults, and localities mentioned in the text. A study on gem-mining areas in Sri Lanka has shown that the shallow pits left behind by the miners are ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes and are epicentres of malaria. |
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