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Northeast of Palma is the attractive town of Binissalem, the epicenter of Mallorca’s wine industry (which earned a Denominación de Origen — a quality designation similar to the French Apellation d’Origine — in 1991).
The Hector Mine earthquake, named for a mineral mine near the epicenter, was three times more powerful than the 6.7-magnitude quake that killed 57 people in L.A. in 1994.
This strip was once the epicenter of hip Hollywood counterculture, but in recent years has become more of a strolling street for young tourists from around the world.
She started off in the '70s writing about rock 'n' roll for Rolling Stone and especially for the Boston Phoenix . At the time, the Phoenix and the now-defunct Real Paper were at the epicenter of alternative journalism--a training ground for critics and reporters who would graduate to big city dailies and the slicks.
This time the epicenter was Paris, and the cause Napoleon.