41710GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Be prepared: B.C. has entered earthquake seasonhttp://globalnews.ca/news/3272279/be-prepared-b-c-has-entered-earthquake-season/Three minor earthquakes in the past three days off the coast of B.C. and Washington state serve as a reminder that B.C. has entered “slip season”, when one expert says we should be the most prepared for “The Big One." A series of small earthquakes off Vancouver Island in recent days likely aren’t a....Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:33:00 +0100globalnews-87b0f437bfc5f8c9edff853926ac785120170225053300Magnitude 4.9 earthquake reported off northwestern Vancouver Islandhttp://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/magnitude+earthquake+reported+northwestern+vancouver+island/12987311/story.htmlVICTORIA — A series of small earthquakes off Vancouver Island in recent days likely aren’t a precursor of bigger shake ups to come, but are a reminder of the complex geological zones along coastal British Columbia, says a federal seismolgist. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:27:00 +0100vancouversun-c5faff06717a41beafe03cdfea48ada420170225052700Tremors are natural, design can ease impacthttp://omanobserver.om/tremors-natural-design-can-ease-impact/SAMUEL KUTTY – MUSCAT, FEB 24 – There is no increase in the number of earthquakes in the region. The Sultanate, with its enhanced seismic monitoring system, is capable of detecting even micro earthquakes. According to Dr Issa al Hussain, Director of Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Sultan Qaboos....Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:18:00 +0100omanobserver-om-57621c1e6b24a6a33c4421cbef93830f20170225051800The greatest danger asteroids pose to us is not from the impact If an asteroid hits a major city, only 3 per cent of the casualties will be from the crater it forms – most will be from overheated air and high windshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2122612-the-greatest-danger-asteroids-pose-to-us-is-not-from-the-impact/By Leah Crane. Wind kills. The most casualties from an asteroid impact won’t come from the impact itself. The wind, pressure and heat caused by the crash are far more dangerous, no matter where the asteroid hits. Clemens Rumpf at the University of Southampton, UK, and his colleagues have calculated....Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:57:00 +0100newscientist-ee6c04a502285fb3bdb1a3641eb0162720170225045700