Pine tree destroyed around about earthquake location (9)
I believe the answer is:
epicentre
'location' is the definition.
(epicentre is a kind of location)
'pine tree destroyed around about earthquake' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'pine' is 'pien' which is located in the remaining letters.
an anagram of 'tree' is 'etre' which is located in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for epicentre that I've seen before include "most shocking point" , "Earthquake's point of focus" , "Focus of activity" , "hub of quake" , "Disaster area" .)