The Global South is the epicenter of poor air quality, which suffocates and kills the most vulnerable

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The Global South is the epicenter of poor air quality, which suffocates and kills the most vulnerable
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Epicentre - (formal) the central point of something

edit: spelling

The epicenter is not the center; it's a point above the center. It's from seismology. An earthquake's origin is beneath the earth's surface. The epicenter is the point on the surface that's directly above the origin point.

Yes, it is used like that. However, not just in english, but in many languages, epicentre is sometimes used with the meaning of "centre of something".

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