What is the difference between an earthquake epicenter and its focus.?

Question

What is the difference between an earthquake epicenter and its focus.?

Answer 1

a focus is where the earthquake formed in the earth

an epicenter is the point exactly above the focus on the earths surface

Answer 2

the epicenter is where the earthquake hit on earth

Answer 3

The focus is the location where the rock breaks underground, causing the Earthquake. The is the location directly above the focus on the Earth's surface.

Answer 4

Epicenter is below ground, focus is at the surface, usually where the greatest destruction is.

Answer 5

It is commonly thought that the Epicenter of a quake is the point of origin. However, that is actually called the FOCUS. The FOCUS is the source of an earthquake - it´s beneath the surface of the earth. The Epicenter is the point directly over the FOCUS on the surface of the Earth´s crust