633140GDACS 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 QUAKING IN OUR BOOTS ‘Big One’ fears grow as experts find proof it has happened before RESEARCHERS say the Cascadia Subduction Zone - off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington - generates a major event every 200 to 530 years. It last experienced a quake in the 1700s, so scientists believe another could be on the cards.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4966955/california-earthquake-big-one-pacific-ocean-tsunami-west-coast/FEARS are growing for the "Big One" as experts claim to have found proof a major earthquake AND a massive Tsunami is due to strike California. Researchers say the Cascadia Subduction Zone generates a major event every 200 to 530 years - and last experienced a quake in the 1700s.Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:39:00 +0100thesun-a4880aca52341f1727e57ec4514d0c5020171121233900Scientists' journey to the centre of seismic concernhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11946567&ref=rssAn expedition of 30 scientists are headed to the North Island to find out more about New Zealand's largest earthquake and tsunami hazard. Scientists will study the Hikurangi subduction zone, which is part of the Pacific "ring of fire" where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the Australian plate.Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:52:00 +0100nzherald-3bbb02eb34fbfe5cd4b75e120001887e20171121225200В планетарном масштабе: что оставили после себя сильнейшие землетрясенияhttps://tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201711220011-orhn.htm11 марта 2011 года цунами от землетрясения разрушило десятки тысяч домов и вызвало аварию на АЭС Фукусима. 11 марта 2011 года. Сильнейшее землетрясение за всю историю Японии вызвало мощное цунами. Волны высотой сорок метров достигли берегов за 10 минут. Вода затопила десятки деревень, дороги, аэропорты и улицы городов.Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:27:00 +0100tvzvezda-a58755aff87f649e4c166c889433678920171121222700SAMOA ON SLOW ROAD TO RECOVERYhttp://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/03/05/samoa-slow-road-recoverySome complain, others glad for fresh start. By Sean Dorney APIA, Samoa (Radio Australia, Mar. 4, 2010) – Many in Samoa are determined to make a fresh start. Simple structures are appearing all over Samoa's tsunami-devastated islands, with many built by international aid and overseas volunteers.Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:30:00 +0100pidp-1a630746109b72340a9ff6c039192c3420171121213000