396110 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/2015-03/31/c_134113949.htmBEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted 69 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea at 1215 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 35.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.918 degrees south latitude and 152.5934 degrees east longitude.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:36:00 +0200xinhuanet_en-21ae7982eea579f76a19ced37fb29a4820150331153600http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/31/c_134113954.htmBEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted 61 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 1218 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 32.74 km, was initially determined to be at 4.8472 degrees south latitude and 152.5066 degrees east longitude.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:36:00 +0200xinhuanet_en-b299fbc8bbe67c1a9a43b13ce23788cd20150331153600http://au.ibtimes.com/major-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea-1435379National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) oceanographer David Walsh looks at computer graphs at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, October 7, 2009, concerning the earthquake and tsunami warning near Papua New Guinea. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry. A major earthquake with a recorded magnitude of 7.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:14:00 +0200ibtimes-au-1022714795cb31310d9352892eff519320150331151400http://www.ziare-pe-net.ro/stiri/pamantul-s-a-zguduit-din-nou-un-cutremur-puternic-s-a-produs-in-urma-cu-putin-timp-3675762.html. Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 7,5 s-a produs luni în largul statului Papua Noua Guinee, generând o scurtă avertizare de tsunami pentru zonele de coastă din Pacificul de Sud. Cutremurul s-a produs la 55 de kilometri sud-est de Kokopo, capitala provinciei East New Britain, unde locuiesc aproximativ 26.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:12:00 +0200ziare-pe-net-ec8711c0c28df7f624ee70e3c4bffb0c20150331151200