853110 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/ecuador/monitoring-emergencies-ecuador-12192016-58-magnitude-earthquake-esmeraldas-province5.8 magnitude earthquake in Esmeraldas Province: Early this morning, December 19, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was registered in the coasts of Atacames, Esmeraldas. According to the Geophysics Institute, 27 aftershocks with magnitudes between 2.9 and 4.2 have been registered in the same area.Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:16:00 +0100reliefWeb-81535e434abc4b3a9daa394c28db59e020161221191600http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/321013/png-authority-confirms-minimal-damage-after-quakePapua New Guinea's National Disaster Management Office has confirmed there appears to be little damage from the large earthquake in the weekend. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck about 50 kilometres off the south eastern coast of New Ireland province, at a depth of 103 km, on Saturday night.Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:08:00 +0100rnzi-0799ec3dc23081f1f8def9c61a0ae37120161221190800http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=7237&SEO=japan-cuts-budget-for-2020-olympic-games21 de diciembre de 2016, 11:50 Tokyo, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) The organizing committee of the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games has announced today that the total cost of the event will be between 13 and 15 billion dollars. The initial estimate was slightly below the promised 17 billion threshold, however....Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:29:00 +0100plenglish-601bbb6fc89e883d87245305c95f638020161221182900http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1102013496/-1/Sismo_de_5%2C2_grados_sacudi%C3%B3_a_Esmeraldas.htmlQuito, EFE. Un nuevo sismo de magnitud 5,2 se registró hoy en la provincia costera de Esmeraldas (noroeste), en la misma zona donde la madrugada de lunes otro movimiento de magnitud 5,7 afectó varias edificaciones en el balneario de Tonsupa. Según el Instituto Geofísico (IG) de la Escuela....Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:27:00 +0100lahora-af9842ade47664840f5c3eec75537ce420161221182700