| By the time the rain woke me the next morning my stomach rumbled like the epicentre of an earthquake and I realized I had no choice but to take destiny into my own hands. |
| A Royal Navy survey ship has been sent to investigate the epicentre of the underwater earthquake which created the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean. |
| The area was the closest to the epicentre of the earthquake, bore the full brunt of the subsequent tsunami and was clearly one of the worst affected areas. |
| Towns in Indonesia's Aceh province, the closest region to the earthquake's epicentre, were swamped by the waves. |
| These bombs vaporised all living life and flattened all buildings within the epicentre of the explosion. |
| The epicentre of Kerala's spice trade is the dusty straggle of rickety warehouses and open-fronted shops known as Jewtown. |
