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震央距離 (しんおうきょり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

震しん央おう距きょ離り

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Meanings

1

epicentral distance

Technical term in seismology; the distance from the epicenter to a given observation point.

震しん央おう距きょ離りが大おおきいほど、地じ震しん波はの到とう達たつ時じ間かんは遅おそ

く

なる

。

The greater the epicentral distance, the later the arrival time of seismic waves.

Kanji

震quake, shake, tremble
央center, middle
距long-distance, spur, fetlock
離detach, separation, disjoin

Related words

震しん源げん距きょ離り
震源距離 is the distance from the hypocenter (focus), while 震央距離 is the distance from the epicenter (surface point directly above the hypocenter).

Built from

震しん央おう+距きょ離り

Etymology

Compound of 震央 (epicenter) and 距離 (distance).