What term describes the point on the Earth's surface directly vertically above the subterranean hypocenter of an earthquake?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. the epicenter
- Step 1: The hypocenter (or focus) is the underground origin of rupture; the epicenter is the point on Earth's surface directly above it. Answer: the epicenter. Why not the others: Focus is the hypocenter; fault scarp is the surface step created by fault offset.
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