There is no center to an earthquake - it is like an average. > as the energy propagates from the source (at the epicenter) That just isn't how earthquakes wor

There is no center to an earthquake - it is like an average. > as the energy propagates from the source (at the epicenter) That just isn't how earthquakes work. Let's assume a slip along a plane cutting through the ground. The earthquake waves are generated at all parts of the surface slip (all parts of the plane). At different times as the rupture propogates. There is no center - that is merely a simplification.