震源

zhènyuán
  1. epicenter (of earthquake)
  2. hypocenter

CEDICT

  1. (seismology) hypocenter; focus of an earthquake
  2. hypocenter; focus of an earthquake

Wiktionary

地球內部地震發源的地點。也就是斷層破裂、火山爆發或隕石撞擊的地點。

重編國語辭典

地表之下岩層斷裂錯動，引發地震並造成能量大量釋放的地方

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 震 zhèn
  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to jolt
  4. to quake
  5. excited
  6. shocked
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing thunder
  8. ☳
2 源 yuán
  1. root
  2. source
  3. origin

Containing this entry

震源機制 zhènyuánjīzhì (seismology) focal mechanism