145400 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.qt.com.au/news/breaking-earthquake-hits-gladstone-residents-feel-/3094027/WHAT WE KNOW: -Gladstone police have received about 20 calls from resident who head a "boom" -Fire crews are en route to Emerald after reports of an aircraft incident. -Residents have reported feeling a tremor. -Footage shows Gladstone's skies lighting up.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:07:00 +0200qt-075832914e8eb112778e5b5b23a37a5920160926220700http://www.qt.com.au/news/earthquake-strikes-coast-airlie-beach/3094033/Update, 11.36pm: The Bureau of Meteorology has advised there is no tsunami threat to the Australian coast after a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit just off the coast of Airlie Beach earlier tonight. Initial: A 3.8-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Airlie Beach tonight. Recorded by Geoscience Australia, the earthquake measured 3.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:07:00 +0200qt-90b2093e679e722ace3cc783feae28af20160926220700http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4185837/small-earthquake-recorded-near-cessnock-map/?cs=4173A small earthquake recorded near Cessnock on Tuesday was the eighth in the Hunter Region in the past month. The 2.6-magnitude quake was recorded at 10.05pm on September 20 in Heaton State Forest at Quorrobolong (about 15 kilometres south-east of Cessnock. Three small quakes (measuring between 2.1 and 2.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:52:00 +0200theherald-au-ddf8cfc760dadb70473f98da9c102a1620160926205200http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3807879/People-report-meteorite-crashing-water-central-Queensland.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490A fireball, meteorite or piece of flaming space junk is believed to have crashed into the ocean just off the coast of central Queensland on Monday night. Thousands of residents along the coastline reported seeing a bright flash of orange lighting up the sky, followed by a rumbling explosion and tremor that shook houses.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:20:00 +0200dailymail-2d46facf6cd945c4695778ec2e99ea1620160926152000