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The place in the crust where the earthquake waves start is called:

The place in the crust where the earthquake waves start is called: Correct Answer Hypocenter

An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or fault plane.

Key Points

An instrument called ‘seismograph’ records the waves reaching the surface.

Hypocenter:

  • The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter(the focus of an earthquake​).
  • The hypocenter and origin time are determined by arrival times, incidence direction (backazimuth) and/or horizontal velocity of seismic phases radiated by the first break of the earthquake rupture. 

Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

Epicentre:

  • The location directly above the hypocenter on the surface of the earth is called the epicentre.

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The correct answer is Hypocenter.

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