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.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=184464ALTHOUGH 30 per cent of the world's earthquakes occur within the southwest Pacific and 81 per cent of tsunamis in the region are generated by earthquake activity, the region experiences, on average, some of the slowest detection times for earthquake activity.Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:51:00 +0200fijitimesenfijitimes-a770f65e474ec5ac1bd9504aa9bd8d1b20111029175100http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=184463DR Stephen Yeo, an Australian flood risk management consultant, says a disproportionately high number of people who lost their lives in floods in Fiji were males, especially teenagers and young men aged 15 to 24 years, the median age being 23 years.Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:51:00 +0200fijitimesenfijitimes-f5d84e874f119c26878f9e598afb434d-18.1426 178.43120111029175100http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10762071&ref=rssAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6 has rocked Fiji but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.It struck 230 kilometres east of the capital Suva.No tsunami warning has been issued by authorities at this stage.Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:04:00 +0200nzheraldennzherald-3ade1ff9f64f1c755a7072b3032fe092-18.1426 178.43120111027060400http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201110/3349410.htm?desktopLast Updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:08:00 +1100 There has been a magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Fiji region. The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred at a 1:15pm (local time), 208 kilometres south-east of Lambasa in Vanua Levu. This service includes material from AAP, Agence France-Presse,....Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:29:00 +0200australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-a134d681240c0395b4727aefe1846b45-18.1426 178.43120111027042900http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20126226/magnitude-6.0-quake-hits-fiji/No immediate injuries reported as large quake hits near Fiji capital; island nation in middle of Pacific's "Ring of Fire"Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:24:00 +0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-353d3838e3a0f46877e13e7ec9e08369-18.1426 178.43120111027042400http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-26/fiji-earthquake/50944230/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29NEW YORK (AP) – An earthquake has struck about 140 miles east of the capital of Fiji. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.0 quake struck Thursday at a depth of 380 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately issue a tsunami alert.Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:42:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-7d8eb63e3308e98d77f77b814ab5e904-18.1426 178.43120111027034200http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/60-quake-hits-south-pacific-fiji-14822835Magnitude-6.0 earthquake hits in South Pacific near capital of Fiji; no tsunami warningThu, 27 Oct 2011 03:33:00 +0200ABCnewsenABCnews-ea4a67f6634857790336b25ec7fa7642-18.1426 178.43120111027033300http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111027/ap_on_re_as/as_fiji_earthquakeAP - An earthquake has struck about 140 miles (230 kilometers) east of the capital of Fiji. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:32:00 +0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-9a85dd91497ee7f607a89d5a6051fbbc-18.1426 178.43120111027033200http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/quake-hits-near-fiji/story-e6frfku0-1226178224057?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20newscomaubreakingndm%20%28NEWS.com.au%20%7C%20Breaking%20News%29AN earthquake has struck about 230 kilometres east of the Fiji's capitali but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:19:00 +0200news_com_auennews_com_au-16c040cf6fc9ca8fb1f85f5c0c96974e-18.1426 178.43120111027031900