1820 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.chinapost.com.tw/asia/2007/08/03/116913/Strong-7.2.htmA strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings and roads in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday but there were no immediate reports of casualties, officials said. Hardest hit was the town of Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo, where the temblor knocked out power....2007-08-03T06:45+0200ChinaPost-d16df5a5ec767e9ce81a4ab0fd5bf9bc20070803064500http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=67672Update: 2.33pm A STRONG earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu, cracking streets, buildings and a bridge, smashing a water pipe and disrupting power supplies at Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo.2007-08-02T04:49+0200fijitimes-f0adb12b2aef43705ef46ce7bacacdb020070802044900http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/139759028/index.htmlWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A powerful earthquake rattled Vanuatu in the South Pacific early Thursday, causing cracks in roads and buildings and prompting brief evacuations due to tsunami fears, officials said. The 7.2 quake struck at 4:08 a.m. (1708 Wednesday GMT) and was centered 30 miles southeast of the town of Luganville, the U.2007-08-02T02:44+0200cnn-9a8cf54c9aff5c1acd2ebd262f3f5f2420070802024400http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-08-01-vanuatu-quake_N.htm?csp=34A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific early Thursday, cracking streets, buildings and a bridge ...2007-08-02T02:41+0200usaToday-6ebb849f7ef5ec42100fdc194181832920070802024100