Focus is a better movie than I anticipated, actually that’s a lie. Despite the cast my expectations were low, so I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t much of a stinker. The movie is entertaining, the story is somewhat interesting, but – of course there is a but – it could have been much better.
Definition of focus (Entry 1 of 2) 1a : a center of activity, attraction, or attention the focus of the meeting was drug abuse put immigration into focus as a hot topic for commentators. b : a point of concentration. 2 : directed attention : emphasis The focus is on helping the homeless.
attraction,lodestone. (also loadstone),magnet,polestar
Epicenter is defined as the central point of something, or the point of the Earth’s surface right above the focus of an earthquake. The central point of an earthquake is an example of an epicenter.
The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter.
The epicenter is the point on the earth’s surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
10 biggest earthquakes in recorded history Valdivia, Chile, 22 May 1960 (9.5) … Prince William Sound, Alaska, 28 March 1964 (9.2) … Sumatra, Indonesia, 26 December 2004 (9.1) … Sendai, Japan, 11 March 2011 (9.0) … Kamchatka, Russia, 4 November 1952 (9.0) … Bio-bio, Chile, 27 February 2010 (8.8)
Earthquakes are most frequent where two or more plates meet. The reason Japan has so many earthquakes is that a number of these plates converge below the country’s surface. The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of January 1995 and the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 took a heavy toll of human lives and property.
The World’s Most Earthquake-Prone Cities Tokyo, Japan. … Jakarta, Indonesia. … Manila, Philippines. … Los Angeles & San Francisco, United States of America. … Osaka, Japan.
Earthquakes occur during “earthquake weather.” The common misconception that earthquakes occur during hot and dry weather dates to the ancient Greeks. Earthquakes take place miles underground, and can happen at any time in any weather. Big earthquakes always occur early in the morning.
