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.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2288150.htmA strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck near Tonga. The United States Geological Survey says no damage has been reported, and no tsunami warning has been issued. The quake just after a quarter past ten in the morning local time was centred 240 kilometres east of the capital Nuku'alofa at a depth of 36 kilometres.2008-06-27T08:53+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-b28c072695fe632982e7962f9f2c6c68NaturalDisasters20080627085300http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/27/rss.htm#7NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga, June 27 (AP) A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake in South Pacific shook homes and other buildings in Tonga, but there were...2008-06-27T06:07+0200dawnendawn-aa9faa93dc905e52d20756e23888170220080627060700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6438100.htmlA strong earthquake in the South Pacific has shaken homes and other buildings in Tonga, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck midmorning ...2008-06-27T06:03+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-9fbf47460f241a99713c2a964024a7b9NaturalDisasters20080627060300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/27/content_8448992.htmWELLINGTON, Jun 27 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake in the South Pacific has shaken homes and other buildings in Tonga, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck midmorning Friday about 201kilometers....2008-06-27T05:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c449cb2ff9441f4a2e0542245dc832ffNaturalDisasters20080627054400http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23931166-23109,00.htmlTONGA has been rocked by a strong earthquake in the South Pacific with a magnitude of 6.1. 12:37pm (AEST)2008-06-27T05:07+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-5ae3daf0ccfa53e2b93c5221eddcf9d6NaturalDisasters20080627050700