6210 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.trust.org/alertnet/news/pacific-nations-brace-for-tsunami-following-89-quake-in-japan11 Mar 2011 16:57 Source: member // By World Vision Asia Pacific communications SINGAPORE, March 11, 2011 – Asian, North American and South American countries on the Pacific Rim are facing tsunami alerts following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, which occurred near Japan's east coast today.Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:20:00 +0100trust-d6eae0809563d0d3bd9266914e4a071820110311182000http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/countries-across-pacific-on-tsunami-alert-from-quake/articleshow/7681775.cmsCountries across Pacific on tsunami alert from quakeThe warnings stretched from Asia's Pacific rim to US alerting Hawaii, the northern and central California coast, the Oregon coast, and parts of Alaska.Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:39:00 +0100economictimes-521bc358846522c7c38cdebf642741a920110311173900http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/tsunami-waves-reach-hawaiiPacific countries are on tsunami alert but waves in Hawaii and Taiwan have been less severe than was feared Emergency sirens woke residents around the beaches of Hawaii during the night to warn of the impending tsunami but the first waves to strike the islands were only a few feet high.Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:20:00 +0100guardian-95b3b031c87a09b05bd0743368cebc8920110311172000http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/03/11/tsunami-previous-killer-waves-91466-28320984/These are some of the other earthquakes that have triggered tsunamis: :: October 2010: A volcanic eruption and tsunami kill more than 500 people in Indonesia. :: February 2010: A 8.8-magnitude quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people. :: September 2009: A magnitude-8.Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:46:00 +0100icWales-24194726f901b5836a9099b0f86de7bf20110311154600