17110 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.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/02/c_133089779.htmWELLINGTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the north off New Zealand North Island on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake jolted the New Zealand territory, 705 km northeast of New Zealand North Island town of Whakatane at 10:26 p.m. New Zealand local time (09:26 GMT Sunday) at a depth of 139 km.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:25:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-903c0ad46c1e39d26ea117dfd9b6511b20140202122500http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/02/02/Earthquake-New-Zealand/KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the southern part of Kermadec Islands in New Zealand on Sunday.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:20:00 +0100thestar-my-34b270ce19fa72ea4119f2c4f6ecc8e320140202122000http://rt.com/news/line/2014-02-02/#5443010:41 Powerful 6.3 quake hits off New Zealand coast. A 6.3-magnitude quake has struck off the coast of New Zealand’s northern island, reports the US Geological Survey. The earthquake hit 38 kilometers north of the town of Masterton at a depth of 33 kilometers. No damage has yet been reported and a tsunami warning has not been issued.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:10:00 +0100rt-86a6e3ee0e18950269f3af25a629524d20140202121000http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/historia-amor-termino-sangre-rapina.html- Ceferino Fontes había vuelto a Uruguay el 23 de marzo de 2011, tras el terremoto y tsunami ocurrido en Japón, donde estaba radicado con su familia. El viernes, fue asesinado por dos delincuentes, mientras trabajaba en su camión de repartos.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 07:22:00 +0100ElPaisUY-21f7e794dcda90cdcb5217509ddf71eb20140202072200