Question

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra . . . (from “The Deadliest Tsunami in History?”)
A.size
B.original source
C.point of earth directly above
D.power
THE BOLD WORD IS EPICENTER

Answer 1

C. point of earth directly above - "epicenter" means the very center of something.

Answer 2

the answer to your question is B