The schools include Windermere Elementary School, Sunset Park Elementary School, and Gotha Middle School, Orange County Public Schools in Windermere, assigned based on the parent/guardian's home address.
Earthquakes begin at a point within the Earth called the hypocentre or focus. The place on the Earth's surface directly above this point is known as the epicentre.
Three Types of Waves. Major earthquakes occur when there is rock movement along a fault (crack in the crust). The sudden slippage of huge rock masses sets up shock waves that travel through the earth. The point within the earth where the actual movement takes place is called the focus. As shown in Figure 1, the point on the surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter. An earthquake epicenter can be located from records made of earthquake waves on devices called seismographs.