20840 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://reliefweb.int/report/solomon-islands/solomon-islands-neoc-situational-report-2-101220161.0 SITUATION. An undersea strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred at 4:39 am on Friday 9 th December 2016, 62km west southwest of Kirakira, Makira Province, Solomon Islands. Following this earthquake, tsunami warning was issued for Makira and Temotu, and a Tsunami watch for Malaita, Guadalcanal, Renbel and Isabel.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:14:00 +0100reliefWeb-6a05f5afcad118ddfaa1e76aa476c8b720161211091400http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-11/disaster-preparedness-helped-%27save-lives%27-in-quake-hit-solomons/8110424Solomon Islands earthquakes: Disaster preparedness helped 'save lives', World Vision says. Updated December 11, 2016 17:59:40. World Vision in Solomon Islands says disaster preparedness was key in saving lives after the country was rattled by two powerful earthquakes. On Friday, a magnitude-7.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:51:00 +0100abc-au-e9acdd02156b4e03a5ba3933b6d028e220161211085100http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2016-12-11/solomon-islands-earthquakes-disaster-preparedness-helped-save-lives-world-vision-says/1638866Disaster preparedness was a key factor in saving the lives of Solomon Islands residents after the country was rattled by two powerful earthquakes, World Vision says. World Vision in Solomon Islands says disaster preparedness was key in saving lives after the country was rattled by two powerful earthquakes.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:17:00 +0100radioaustralianews-3d58d8b3b47f711353406b90ca94b80920161211081700http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2016-12-11/solomon-islands-earthquakes-disaster-preparedness-helped-save-lives-world-vision-says/1638866World Vision in Solomon Islands says disaster preparedness was key in saving lives after the country was rattled by two powerful earthquakes. On Friday, a magnitude-7.8 tremor struck off Makira Island, south-east of the capital Honiara, followed by Saturday's magnitude-7.0 quake.Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:06:00 +0100radioaustralia-e46a3a28ac4caf341b59b2d93658f9ba20161211080600