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Hypocenter

A hypocenter or hypocentre, also called ground zero or surface zero, is the point on the Earth's surface directly below a nuclear explosion, meteor air burst, or other mid-air explosion.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: point on the Earth’s surface closest to a detonation
  • Also known as: “ground zero”, “Ground zero”, and “surface zero”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shima Naika Hospital and Hiroshima Orizuru Tower.

Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shima Hospital is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in , . It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY 3.0.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 100 metres north of Hypocenter.

Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. is situated 190 metres west of Hypocenter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Nishi-ku.

Neighborhood
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in .

Suburb
Photo: Lemon-s, Public domain.
is one of the eight wards of the city of , . As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.

Hypocenter

Latitude
34.39476° or 34° 23′ 41″ north
Longitude
132.45471° or 132° 27′ 17″ east
Open location code
8Q6J9FV3+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2479173821
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q685332
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Satellite Map

Discover Hypocenter from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hypocenter” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غراوند زيرو”
  • Basque: “Zero gune”
  • Central Bikol: “Sona Sero”
  • Chinese: “原爆点”
  • Chinese: “原爆點”
  • Czech: “Ground zero”
  • Danish: “Ground zero”
  • Danish: “Ground-zero”
  • Dutch: “ground zero”
  • Dutch: “Ground zero”
  • Esperanto: “Ground Zero”
  • Esperanto: “Nulo-punkto”
  • Finnish: “ground zero”
  • Finnish: “Ground zero”
  • Finnish: “nollapiste”
  • French: “ground zero”
  • French: “Ground zero”
  • German: “Bodennullpunkt”
  • German: “Ground Zero”
  • German: “Hypocenter (Explosionsort) der Atombombe”
  • Hebrew: “גראונד זירו”
  • Italian: “ground zero”
  • Italian: “Ground zero”
  • Japanese: “グラウンド・ゼロ”
  • Japanese: “グラウンドゼロ”
  • Japanese: “爆心地”
  • Korean: “그라운드 제로”
  • Korean: “폭심지”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ground zero”
  • Norwegian: “Ground zero”
  • Persian: “نقطه صفر زمین”
  • Polish: “Strefa zero”
  • Portuguese: “Ground zero”
  • Russian: “Ground Zero”
  • Russian: “Граунд Зеро”
  • Russian: “Граунд Зиро”
  • Russian: “Центр взрыва”
  • Russian: “Эпицентр взрыва”
  • Russian: “Эпицентр ядерного взрыва”
  • Serbian: “Nulta tačka”
  • Serbian: “Towards Zero”
  • Serbian: “Нулта тачка”
  • Slovak: “Ground zero”
  • Spanish: “Zona cero”
  • Spanish: “Zona Zero”
  • Swedish: “Ground zero”
  • Ukrainian: “Ground Zero”
  • Ukrainian: “епіцентр вибуху”
  • Ukrainian: “епіцентр ядерного вибуху”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 西向寺 and 華臺山 西蓮寺.

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