80140 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.thenational.ae/world/east-asia/69-magnitude-quake-in-japan-triggers-tsunamiTOKYO // A 6.9 magnitude earthquake off the northeastern coast of Japan unleashed a small tsunami on Tuesday. It was along the same coastline that was devastated by a tsunami in March 2011 which left more than 18,000 people dead. The quake was followed by a series of tremors, the largest of which was magnitude 5.Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:29:00 +0100thenational-e3add1c74c43a5af8d544296b8911f7820150217122900http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/nachrichten/themen/weltnews/Erdbeben-Japan-Tsunamis;art8511,5631029Schwere Erdbeben haben erneut die Katastrophenregion im Nordosten Japans erschüttert. Schäden wurden aber nicht gemeldet. Die Meteorologische Behörde warnte die Bewohner der Provinz Iwate nach einer ersten Erschütterung der Stärke 6,9 zunächst vor einem ein Meter hohen Tsunami.Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:22:00 +0100saarbruecker-zeitung-ebeebce2b40b7a907ad09302a2684bc420150217122200http://expresso.sapo.pt/novo-sismo-de-57-sacode-nordeste-do-japao=f911209Um sismo com uma magnitude de 5,7 na escala de Richter foi registado hoje no nordeste do Japão, a mesma zona que horas antes foi sacudida por um abalo de 6,9. A Agência Meteorológica do Japão indicou que o terramoto, registado às 13h46 (04h46 em Lisboa) teve o epicentro muito perto da costa da província de Iwate.Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:18:00 +0100expresso-374f3560bdda72c7323ccd3a7d23b94920150217121800http://expresso.sapo.pt/levantado-alerta-de-tsunami-apos-sismo-de-69-no-japao=f911202A Agência Meteorológica do Japão levantou o alerta de tsunami emitido para a prefeitura de Iwate, duas horas depois de um sismo de magnitude 6,9 na escala de Richter ter atingido o nordeste do país asiático. O organismo desativou o alerta amarelo - para ondas de entre 20 centímetros e um metro - às 10h20 locais (01h20 em Lisboa).Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:18:00 +0100expresso-bc92d365a4bac7360d452a9f3730bcce20150217121800