2289430 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.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/tsunami-warning-buoys-failed-as-powerful-earthquake-hit-indonesia-34508767.htmlA magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit parts of Sumatra and small islands in western Indonesia on Wednesday evening, sending thousands of islanders rushing to high ground but causing no major damage or deaths. It was centred 409 miles from the town of Muara Siberut.Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:19:00 +0100belfasttelegraph-56db36678bfe1d222e49fc06f10bf01420160303161900http://www.alarab.qa/story/798927/%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9ضربت هزتان ارتداديتان، اليوم الخميس، السواحلَ الإندونيسية، وذلك عقب تحذير بوقوع موجات تسونامي؛ مما أسفر عن حالة ذعر في جنوب غربي جزيرة سومطرة. وأعلن مكتب الأرصاد الجوية وعلم المناخ والجيوفيزياء وكالة (BMKG)، في بيان، أن "قوة الهزتين، وهما اللتان ضربتا جزر مينتاواي، بلغت 5.3 و5.8 درجات على مقياس ريختر".Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:16:00 +0100alarab-qa-a04a6852688efcedb9f416014fb879cc20160303161600http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/tsunami-buoys-malfunctioned-as-powerful-quake-hit-indonesia/?utm_source=RSSJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say all 22 tsunami warning buoys installed near vulnerable islands failed to work when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra. Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said Thursday that the buoys were inoperable because....Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:16:00 +0100seattletimes-80a01bfcabef8dca5d960e141f027a1820160303161600http://www.lematin.ch/monde/Les-balises-antitsunami-n-ont-pas-fonctionne/story/14872556Les 22 balises d'alerte déployées après le tsunami de 2004 au large de l'île de Sumatra, dans l'ouest de l'Indonésie, n'ont pas fonctionné mercredi lorsqu'un violent séisme a secoué la même région, ont indiqué jeudi les autorités indonésiennes en évoquant un acte de «vandalisme».Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:14:00 +0100lematin-CH-a44aa9fbecf4ac577fb53887040b9a5320160303161400