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Q. Which of the following is called the point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs?
Answer: Epicenter
Notes: The epicenter which is also called as epicentrum is a seismological term which means the point on the Earth's surface directly above the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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