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.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/6-1-Earthquake-Off-Papua-New-Guinea-680687-9.htmlAn earthquake measuring 6.1 struck in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, but residents on the mainland said there were initially no signs of a change in sea level, AAP reported. The quake, which was 10km deep, was centred 675 km north of Papua New Guinea''s capital, Port....2007-06-07T14:01+0200mediafaxenmediafax-7ec9405ab5a404ad3404da7642f21f84NaturalDisasters20070607140100http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/A_61-magnitude_quake_hits_near_Papua_New_Guinea/articleshow/2105319.cmsSYDNEY: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the Bismarck Sea near Papua New Guinea on Thursday but it was unlikely to generate a tsunami, a spokesman for the country's Geological Survey said. "It was at a fairly shallow depth but probably not big enough to cause a tsunami," assistant director Chris McKee said from the capital Port Moresby.2007-06-07T10:14+0200africaFMenafricaFM-4830d74f242297fdbadadaa4735d48a5NaturalDisasters20070607101400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/7/worldupdates/2007-06-07T082338Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-301881-3&sec=WorldupdatesSYDNEY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, but residents on the mainland said there were no signs of a change in sea level and there had been no reports of damage.2007-06-07T10:07+0200thestarenthestar-1357091f3d89cfb3f29fda2103959e01NaturalDisasters20070607100700http://english.people.com.cn/200706/07/eng20070607_381841.htmlAn earthquake measuring 6.1 struck in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, but there were no signs a change in sea level, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.2007-06-07T08:35+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-101735d2151dd0ea47c0e520dd298b8dNaturalDisasters20070607083500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD17184.htm(Updates with PNG observatory comment) SYDNEY, June 7 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, but residents on the mainland said there were no signs of a change in sea level and there had been no reports of damage. The 6.1 magnitude quake, which was 10 km (6.2007-06-07T05:06+0200alertnetenalertnet-31a431880f9efb6669d82b79cf8da369NaturalDisasters20070607050600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP2574.htmLi Wenfen, 52, a local resident, cries in front of her collapsed house after a strong earthquake hit Pu'er, in southwest China's Yunnan province, June 4, 2007. A strong earthquake hit the tea-making city in southwest China on Sunday, causing houses to collapse and several injuries, Xinhua news agency said, citing an official source.2007-06-07T03:35+0200alertnetenalertnet-d3e9f068d9cf3aaacd1fa058003b5c7cNaturalDisasters20070607033500http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/070607/reuters-en-8ae05cf4c0d1d4708dfa2a35f21e3e22.htmlSYDNEY, June 7 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 struck in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on its Web site. It said the quake, which was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, was centred 675 km (420 miles) north of Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.2007-06-07T03:18+0200reuters-enenreuters-en-8ae05cf4c0d1d4708dfa2a35f21e3e22NaturalDisasters20070607031800