epicenter

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

It is also the epicenter of Europe’s backlash to overtourism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Stan Kroenke had a vision for bringing the NFL back to L.A.; its foundation was SoFi Stadium, which has become a cultural epicenter that extends beyond sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

An empty stage framed by trees is the epicenter of the song.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

College campuses have been epicenters for protest movements and free speech since the Vietnam War era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

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

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

Two years ago, Nisma Jbawi’s 19-year-old son Ammar Kanaan left their home in Syria’s southern province of Daraa — one of the epicenters of the 2011 uprising against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston