44570 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 https://www.rt.com/news/line/A strong 6.3 earthquake hit Australian Macquarie Island, centering about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The earthquake was registered at 2146 GMT by US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck 28 kilometers SW off the island’s shore, with epicenter at the depth of about 10 kilometers.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:48:00 +0200rt-ff35027a306610ceec9b7ef52630a8af20160909054800http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/strong-6-3-quake-strikes-off-australian-antarctic-base-116090900075_1.htmlA strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck today southwest of remote Macquarie Island where Australia maintains a small Antarctic base, officials said, but no injuries or damage were reported. The tremor hit at a depth of 10 kilometres some 29 kilometres from the island, which lies in the Pacific....Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:42:00 +0200business-standard-a5f13dd56b6f0febc358d42bedb56ffb20160909054200http://www.straitstimes.com/files/39789527-09092016-northkorea-nuclearjapanjpgThe Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Gen Aoki speaking next to screens showing the seismic event was indicated on North Korea and observed in Japan during a news conference at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept 9, 2016. REUTERS.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:21:00 +0200straitstimesSG-349cdcb95f49d68b995968cf2f09bbd020160909052100http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/north-korea-nuclear-test-suspected-after-artificial-quakeJapan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Gen Aoki speaks next to screens showing the seismic event was indicated on North Korea. — Reuters pic SEOUL, Sept 9 — North Korea appears to have conducted a fifth nuclear test today, authorities in Japan and South Korea said, after monitors detected a 5.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:17:00 +0200themalaymailonline-b3638dc020b4c218b0062c417612279e20160909051700