Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/15/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Quake.phpTOKYO: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Japan early Tuesday, rocking buildings in the capital city but causing no tsunami. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. The quake struck at 3:18 a.m. Tuesday (1818 GMT Monday) and was centered 170 kilometers (105 miles) underground in Shizuoka....2007-01-15T20:14+0100IHTenIHT-c26e298c7e6ed47ea3b7ac41093df68fNaturalDisasters20070115201400http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/15/2003344889Japan lifts all tsunami alerts, no damage caused TIDAL SWELLS: More than three hours after the magnitude 8.2 earthquake the largest wave, at 40cm, hit Chichi-jima, an island inhabited by 2,000 people AP, TOKYO Monday, Jan 15, 2007, Page 5 A powerful magnitude 8.2007-01-15T04:36+0100taipeitimesentaipeitimes-f693d3d2b54288c5463d2a69de641820NaturalDisasters20070115043600http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw116868816237B215Small tsunami waves hit northern and eastern Japan after a powerful north Pacific earthquake prompted tsunami warnings across northern and eastern Japan and Russia, as well as Alaska.2007-01-14T13:24+0100ioleniol-2bfcd32b73aee39bfb4cf04aa23a0270NaturalDisasters20070114132400http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw116868816237B215Small tsunami waves hit northern and eastern Japan after a powerful north Pacific earthquake prompted tsunami warnings across northern and eastern Japan and Russia, as well as Alaska.2007-01-14T13:08+0100StarenStar-2bfcd32b73aee39bfb4cf04aa23a0270NaturalDisasters20070114130800http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=248962Small tsunami waves hit northern and eastern Japan yesterday after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific prompted tsunami warnings in Japan, Russia and Alaska. Watches were also mounted in Guam, Taiwan,...2007-01-14T08:15+0100timesofmaltaentimesofmalta-f8ed29d4a8f0af69b2d25dbd4034c89aNaturalDisasters20070114081500http://www.kuwaittimes.net/international.asp?dismode=article&artid=2083166458TOKYO: A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast in the Pacific yesterday, sparking tsunami warnings and sending thousands of residents along the archipelago's eastern coas...2007-01-14T07:11+0100kuwaittimesenkuwaittimes-f339d737e577b178510b67f16dc0e631ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20070114071100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/14/worldupdates/2007-01-13T193227Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-283448-4&sec=WorldupdatesTOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit northern and eastern Japan on Saturday after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific prompted tsunami warnings in Japan, Russia and Alaska.2007-01-14T01:33+0100thestarenthestar-e6eba03d8b5a155d460936ff8069b5fbNaturalDisasters20070114013300http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6258167.stmTsunami evacuation orders are lifted for thousands of Japanese, following a Pacific Ocean quake.2007-01-14T01:14+0100bbcenbbc-255d7c2fb3ae2e30b3aabdbb9057d107NaturalDisasters20070114011400http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070114a2.htmlA powerful undersea earthquake Saturday afternoon sparked a tsunami warning for Hokkaido's Pacific and Sea of Okhotsk coasts, sending thousands fleeing to higher ground. Read more . . .2007-01-14T01:13+0100japantimesenjapantimes-b226e25695ead70de6fbe86a24e22130NaturalDisasters20070114011300http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=167201&Sn=WORL&IssueID=29300TOKYO: A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake off northern Japan triggered tsunami warnings yesterday, sending thousands fleeing to higher ground but causing no reported injuries or damage, officials said. Japan's Meteorological Agency immediately issued tsunami warnings, prompting an evacuation order....2007-01-13T23:06+0100GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-ee31122cbf2d8aead102d643a26629c7ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20070113230600http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/843F23E3-55D6-4646-B823-5CAC3118F970.htmOnly minor waves hit the country's north after an 8.3-magnitude Pacific ocean quake.2007-01-13T18:06+0100aljazeera-enenaljazeera-en-cb107d3ab52d9615938a819929d8dcf1NaturalDisasters20070113180600