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://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/chile-peru-hit-by-strong-earthquake-20091113-ie6q.htmlA strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake has struck just off the South American coast near neighbours Chile and Peru, the US Geological Survey says.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:37:00 +0100smhensmh-cccbefdce2b92df712050f74c660bc5cNaturalDisasters-12.0824 -77.0454-33.475 -70.647520091113053700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6814964.htmlAn earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook on Monday the regions of Arica-Parinacota and Tarapaca in northern Chile, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The earthquake occurred at 3:45 p.m. local time, and its epicenter was located some 75 km north of Iquique, about 1,800 km....Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:41:00 +0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-421780ca412630c86460a17acc2d7b65NaturalDisasters-20.220751 -70.14851420091117044100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/13/worldupdates/2009-11-13T101218Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-439110-1&sec=WorldupdatesSANTIAGO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 quake shook northern Chile early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, Chile's state emergency office said.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:37:00 +0100thestarenthestar-3b5bf8b00f1595176ebfd916afa364afNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters-33.475 -70.647520091113063700http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1578434.htmlAn earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook on Wednesday the Chilean regions of Tarapaca, Arica and Parinacota in the north of the country, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties, Xinhua reported. The tremor occurred at 6:58 ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0100trendnews-azentrendnews-az-4e57f3fd2f1d09fd9d5ac5ad27259c69NaturalDisasters-33.475 -70.647520091112010000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6812990.htmlA 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Chile's northern coastal region of Tarapaca early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake occurred at about 12:05 a.m. (0305 GMT Friday) at the depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was 1,560 kilometers north of Santiago.Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-bbbf46f5c04bcaa49abb6b868deac818NaturalDisasters-33.475 -70.647520091115123000http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1258027281006A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early Friday, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damage, authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude quake's epicenter was between the cities of Iquique and Arica, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) from each, according to the US Geological Survey.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0100jrepenjrep-469c3bc3f4e139bf4095569bf4d341c1NaturalDisasters-20.220751 -70.14851420091113090100http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/strong-quake-hits-northern-argentina-20091115-ifx0.htmlA strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck far northern Argentina near its border with Chile and Bolivia, the US Geological Survey says.Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:36:00 +0100smhensmh-4be832b082d7f17c9464dde75dc55767NaturalDisasters-16.7090871781643 -64.6651572547587-34.6654 -58.409620091114223600