The Shia-Sunni fault line, with Syria currently at its epicentre, is certainly contributing, he notes.
Officials have set up an outdoors hospital in Ya-an, the city closest to the epicentre.
Where Strand merges into Fleet Street is the epicentre of Temple, the centuries-old legal quarter.
Strathclyde's estates are the epicentre: five Glaswegians were killed in one 48-hour spell last month.
Some villages close to the epicentre in Lushan and Baoxing counties were left in ruins.
The champions are in dire financial straits, the epicentre of takeover bids and general confusion.
Mumbai is the glittering epicentre of India's gargantuan Hindi-language film industry, and they are often looking for Western extras.
As the epicentre of business travel shifts east, the hotel industry is gearing up to meet the increased demand.
The hostels in town stay full during peak season, making them an easy epicentre for the nightly social scene.
He also remained, well past his retirement in 1975, the epicentre of a vibrant intellectual life.
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Of course we were miles away from the epicentre and we haven't had 'the big one yet'.
Scottish devolution evolved in the Scottish constitutional convention, a cross-party grouping, far away from Charter 88's Islington epicentre.
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The epicentre of the Parisian design scene is the ultra-hip Marais district, home to the best shops and galleries.
It certainly helped that the epicentre of the earthquake was in a region within reasonably easy reach of Istanbul.
Horne's small flat in West Princes Street became the epicentre of a new and fiercely independent Glasgow music scene.
"This is the epicentre of where it all began in 2001, " he said.
This serendipitous gathering, though, has become an epicentre for London's beer revival.
It's a recognition that this is not simply confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan, although that is the epicentre of it.
It struck at about 08:55 local time (22:55 GMT Tuesday), with an epicentre 19km (11 miles) east of Aitape town.
That is equivalent to having been about three-quarters of a kilometre from the epicentre of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
Many are based at a science park near the city of Hsinchu, about 100km (62 miles) north of the epicentre.
It is worth remembering that the epicentre of the 2008 disaster was American property, hardly a free market undistorted by government.
Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said the quake struck at 15:48 (14:48 GMT), with its epicentre in Garfagnana.
Villages close to the epicentre in Lushan county were left in ruins.
Coincidentally, they were also living next to the epicentre of the earthquake.
It is also an epicentre for affordable, New Nordic cuisine, where simple, authentic ingredients are creatively served to enhance their naturally vibrant flavours.
In the few weeks before the Greeks return to the polls, Spain has taken Greece's place as the epicentre of the eurozone crisis.
Another big earthquake on December 13th, with its epicentre in Afghanistan, caused landslides that made travel even harder in the valley and elsewhere.
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Spain has taken Greece's place as the epicentre of the eurozone crisis as concerns over the health of Spanish banks have shaken markets.
Its gay epicentre status is made obvious by the open glorieta (square) outside the metro station, which is dotted with gay couples whispering and playfully wrestling.
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