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://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6380204.htmlA strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked northern Chile Monday, Chile's National Emergency Office said Monday, but there was no immediate report of casualties. The quake struck at 5:40 p.m. local time (2040 GMT) ...2008-03-25T03:50+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-7ecd015d167dfcec72de979a6b6e7450NaturalDisasters20080325035000http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7853318.htmSANTIAGO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked northern Chile Monday, Chile's National Emergency Office said Monday, but there was no immediate report of casualties. The quake struck at 5:40 p.m. local time (2040 GMT), and its epicenter was about 30 km....2008-03-25T02:49+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-04baaf9e65d40d8c992aa7bf05e5f185NaturalDisasters20080325024900http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/25/worldupdates/2008-03-25T043957Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-326608-1&sec=WorldupdatesSANTIAGO (Reuters) - A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck copper-rich northern Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.2008-03-25T00:50+0100thestarenthestar-8f3c26fb07c6ebe13795501d5e25f1bb20080325005000http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-24-quake-chile_N.htm?csp=34A powerful earthquake shook northern Chile on Monday, briefly knocking out electricity to a city and alarming its residents, ...2008-03-25T00:42+0100usaTodayenusaToday-37e31ee79faea58253ae3fea8cffe773Energy20080325004200http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7311945.stmA 6.1-magnitude quake hits northern Chile close to the border with Bolivia, the US Geological Survey says.2008-03-24T22:46+0100bbcenbbc-982ed1f673a082489aa23e917472c703NaturalDisasters20080324224600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24351343.htm(Adds details, changes dateline, depth, location) SANTIAGO, March 24 (Reuters) - A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck copper-rich northern Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. "For the moment we have no reports of damage or power....2008-03-24T22:44+0100alertnetenalertnet-b021bdeffdd02cd07d4ecf115e5d765520080324224400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24349979.htmWASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday near the Bolivian border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake, centered 94 miles (150 km) east of the Chilean city of Iquique, struck at a depth of 24.9 miles (40 km). Chile is a major copper producer.2008-03-24T22:14+0100alertnetenalertnet-e9a9e467d3400aa460c34ac8173114e820080324221400