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1. Describe the following

A. focus

• it is centered on the portion of the fault that has the greatest movements.

B. epicenter

• it is the point at the Earth's surface directly above the focus.

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2. Which point in Figure 1 is the focus of

the earthquake?

• Point B.

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3. Which point in Figure 1 is the epicenter

of the earthquake

• Point A.

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4. Differentiate focus and epicenter.

• Focus is a point where the earthquake begins while, Epicenter is the point on the ground directly above the focus.

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