antiepicenter

noun

an·​ti·​ep·​i·​cen·​ter

plural -s

: the point at which a straight line drawn through the epicenter of an earthquake and the earth's center would emerge on the opposite side of the globe

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + epicenter

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