1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
Usage: Plural of epicenter; commonly used in seismology and geology.
2. The central point or focus of something; the place where something is most intense or important.
Usage: Figurative use; common in general English.

Examples

• Scientists mapped the epicenters of the earthquakes that struck the region last year.
• The epicenters of the tremors were located several miles beneath the ocean floor.
• The city became one of the epicenters of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
• Tech companies have established epicenters of innovation in Silicon Valley.
• The epicenters of the pandemic were initially concentrated in major urban areas.
• Researchers identified multiple epicenters of disease outbreak across the country.