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.inmarsat.com/about/Newsroom/00024791.aspxTen emergency missions by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) used Inmarsat services to help victims of natural disaster and human conflict during 2008.2009-03-16T14:06+0100inmarsateninmarsat-f553605b17b246829dd2b21644609f6fNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesEcho20090316140600http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2009/03/14/200062/6%2E2%2Dearthquake.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Thursday 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the Pacific Ocean and 340 kilometers (210 miles) south of Panama, the University of Panama Geoscience Institute said.2009-03-14T04:52+0100ChinaPostenChinaPost-ff7410942cf0718473a4a47daf54dcb9NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHort20090314045200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6613756.htmlAn earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked the seabed 340 km south of Panama Thursday, local media reported, citing the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 2323 GMT and its epicenter was 10 km below the Pacific Ocean, the report said.2009-03-13T10:53+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-c8456995eb67395f921be0c7f4944b5eNaturalDisasters20090313105300http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-Common-Chunk-HT-UI-Common-LatestNews&id=76b894a6-0e7b-45a9-a554-41953caf7bf7&Headline=6.2+earthquake+strikes+offshore+south+of+PanamaA 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck 10 kilometers below the Pacific Ocean and 340 kilometres south of Panama, the US Geological Survey said.2009-03-13T05:47+0100HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-0616258e7e40bcda8c6d09b38994d185NaturalDisasters20090313054700http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2009/03/13/199931/Earthquake%2Din.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A strongly felt earthquake shook Panama and parts of Costa Rica on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.2009-03-13T04:38+0100ChinaPostenChinaPost-a2be1e58b9bc5102d9d4d79d7bfb6538NaturalDisasters20090313043800http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/mIXMw56eCz8/index.htmlAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Panama Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.2009-03-13T01:49+0100cnnencnn-7266f4faf97fb256a90bed66c63df3feNaturalDisasters20090313014900http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/13/content_11003057.htmPANAMA CITY, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 degree on the Richter Scale rocked the seabed 340 kilometers south of Panama, local media reported, citing the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 2323 GMT and its epicenter was 10 kilometers below the Pacific Ocean, the report said.2009-03-13T01:46+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b5b15b3b59bd88c076d67b0e70e95b33NaturalDisasters20090313014600