epicenter

Local officials reported more than 70 people killed in at least five cities in the country’s west, not far from the epicenter in San José del Palmar, in the northern province of Chocó.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Choco was at the epicenter of the quake, and the death toll from the area was not immediately known.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

At the epicenter of the break, Bullwinkle managed to pull a rabbit out of his hat and save himself and Rocky while everything around them was swept away July 17 in West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

In 1867, an 8-year-old girl named Elizabeth Turner became the epicenter of a legal battle that would help define what freedom really meant after the Civil War.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

The Internet bubble had burst, and yet house prices in San Jose, the bubble’s epicenter, were still rising.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Like other legendary artists, he cherishes L.A. — not just because it’s one of the epicenters of Latin music worldwide, but because it allows him the respite of a normal life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

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