プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
しんげんち【震源地】
&fRoman1;〔地震発生地点〕the focus (of an earthquake)
震源地は硫黄島の北30キロだった
The center of the earthquake was located thirty kilometers north of Iojima.
&fRoman2;〔比喩的に〕
問題の震源地は彼だ
He was the originator of the whole problem.／He started the trouble.
騒動の震源地は我々の大学だ
The disturbance originated in our university.