epicenter
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Strong shaking in Panama City, over 200 kilometers from the epicenter, sent panicked people pouring into the streets from the capital's numerous high-rise buildings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Many people were evacuated from buildings in Panama City, about 200 kilometers from the epicenter, AFP witnessed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The co-brand cards that millions of consumers use have long been the epicenter of a love-hate relationship between large merchants and banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It is also the epicenter of Europe’s backlash to overtourism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Helen, once a peripheral figure in these discussions, became the epicenter, instigator, and protagonist.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
Industrial-scale scam compounds have sprouted across Southeast Asia, and Cambodia has become one of the epicenters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Churches were the epicenters of the Black community and to be taken seriously at all times, which is the main reason I enjoy the idea behind "The Book of Clarence" so much.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2024
It says it was established in 2019 in the Philippines, one of the epicenters of the plastic pollution crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
Regions near these historic earthquakes' epicenters are still seismically active today, so it's possible that some modern earthquakes could be long-lived aftershocks of past quakes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
“We refer to these as epicenters of survivorship,” Crisafulli said, who finished his degree and came back to Mount St. Helens to work for the Forest Service.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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