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.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-14/large-quake-hits-png/3571986A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near a major town in Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:43:00 +0200abc-auenabc-au-b45815b07985f11cfae5ba170c51bc75-9.48177 147.18420111018014300http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/10/18/world/strong-earthquake-strikes-off-papua-new-guinea/342398/A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:53:00 +0200ekantipurenekantipur-c05c406d0dd79b45901cd9c3d83c8eae-9.48177 147.18420111018105300http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Strong-earthquake-strikes-off-Papua-New-Guinea/articleshow/10399132.cmsA strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:31:00 +0200indiatimesenindiatimes-b89a499e40959dc840f731ff3c68b9ef-9.48177 147.18420111018093100http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/quake-hits-papua-new-guinea/story-e6frfku0-1226169934471?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20newscomaubreakingndm%20%28NEWS.com.au%20%7C%20Breaking%20News%29A 6.3-MAGNITUDE earthquake has rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region, but experts say it is unlikely to cause a tsunami.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:13:00 +0200news_com_auennews_com_au-4e495e4edb0e83ad66414b8c40846ef051.4879 -0.177998-9.48177 147.18420111018091300http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201110/3342758.htm?desktopLast Updated: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:16:00 +1100 Australian seismologists say a 6.3-magnitude earthquake has rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region. They say it was close to the coastline, but won't cause a tsunami. They say people living in that local area will have gotten a fairly strong....Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:09:00 +0200australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-b50d691c8e81f0fe09169310341f590851.4879 -0.17799820111018090900http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/latest-world-news/2011/10/18/earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea-91466-29614158/A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:09:00 +0200icWalesenicWales-179507cce700df28629e465c016a368b-9.48177 147.18420111018090900http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201110/3342758.htm?desktopLast Updated: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:16:00 +1100 Australian seismologists say a 6.3-magnitude earthquake has rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region. They say it was close to the coastline, but won't cause a tsunami. They say people living in that local area will have gotten a fairly strong....Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:45:00 +0200radioaustralianewsenradioaustralianews-b50d691c8e81f0fe09169310341f590851.4879 -0.17799820111018084500http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1160123/1/.htmlSYDNEY: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region on Tuesday, but was unlikely to cause a tsunami, Australian seismologists said.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:41:00 +0200channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-7f060858be4d835a425d9fb12d89506351.4879 -0.177998-9.48177 147.18420111018084100http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/strong-earthquake-strikes-off-papua-guinea-14758430Strong earthquake strikes in South Pacific off Papua New Guinea, no tsunami warning issuedTue, 18 Oct 2011 08:26:00 +0200ABCnewsenABCnews-17fc2894bd5bbd9cc019c1d49d7df97a-9.48177 147.18420111018082600http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111018/ap_on_re_as/as_papua_new_guinea_earthquakeAP - A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:08:00 +0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-15aac2e43264cfd5a7c9e57f2616db3f-9.48177 147.18420111018080800