55250 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.ksby.com/story/35293579/magnitude-62-earthquake-rattles-corner-of-canada-alaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.2 earthquake has rattled the corner of British Columbia, near the boundary with Alaska. Geophysicist Amy Vaughan says the shallow, early Monday quake struck about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of the tiny Alaska town of....Mon, 01 May 2017 18:24:00 +0200ksby-96d036406e060b50554783d3d200b2a520170501182400http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-bc-yukon/article34862827/Natural Resources Canada said a quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale was centred in a remote area 77 kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska, and 127 kilometres southwest of Whitehorse. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that that was followed by a 5.2 shake a few minutes later and another major 6.Mon, 01 May 2017 17:53:00 +0200theglobeandmail-18e64d62a675632f3649adf7287d6f4920170501175300http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id5862FOR LIVE UPDATES: The first quake, at 5:31 a.m. PT (4:31 a.m. AKT), had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and was centered about 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Alaska's Mosquito Lake, or 133 kilometers (82 miles) southwest of Canada's Whitehorse. It was followed by a stronger quake - a 6.3 - at 7:18 a.Mon, 01 May 2017 17:33:00 +0200bnonews-1a932f80b498df9c01cfd4c5254de95920170501173300http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/british-columbia-earthquake-powerful-62-10334173Some locals fell out of their beds as the strong quake hit northern British Columbia in the early hours of today. A powerful 6.2-magnitude has struck British Columbia. earthquake The strong quake hit an area near the border with the US state of Alaska in the early hours of today, officials said.Mon, 01 May 2017 16:02:00 +0200themirror-fe75a666e7a43e9788298b758f5f1bad20170501160200