爆ばく心しん地ち

noun

hypocenter; ground zero; center of explosion

Refers to the point on the ground directly below a nuclear explosion, or more generally the center of any explosion. Often associated with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• 広ひろ島しまの爆ばく心しん地ちには平へい和わ記き念ねん公こう園えんが造つくられた。

  Peace Memorial Park was built at the hypocenter in Hiroshima.

• 爆ばく心しん地ちから数すうキロ離はなれた場ば所しょでも被ひ害がいが出でた。

  Damage occurred even several kilometers away from the hypocenter.