28350 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.itv.com/news/update/2015-02-20/magnitude-6-1-earthquake-hits-off-coast-of-japan/A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit off the north-east coast of Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said some change in tidal levels could be expected as a result, but it is not expected to cause any damage. It is the latest in a string of strong earthquakes in the region. Earlier this week, a 6.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:46:00 +0100itv-56caaf8c1cc517d29f45693c2fbbd6b920150220064600http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150220/1018513463.htmlA strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, the country’s meteorological agency said, Reuters reported. The agency said the temblor might lead to some change in tidal levels but no material damage was expected. Earlier this week, a 6.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:24:00 +0100rian-en-8aa84892070e7d64d9590e11122fe3a820150220062400http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-earthquake-japan-idUSKBN0LO07M20150220?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsTOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said that some change in tidal levels was possible but that no damage was expected. Earlier this week, a 6.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:10:00 +0100reuters-453dcce9313cd5930dba955534680be820150220061000http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/61-magnitude-quake-strikes-northeast-japan-no-damage-expected-20150220TOKYO (REUTERS) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said that some change in tidal levels was possible but that no damage was expected. Earlier this week, a 6.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:08:00 +0100straitstimesSG-d61acbe5ba5daab203ec83c3b3f5e64c20150220060800