9350GDACS 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 USGS: 3.0 Magnitude Quake Recorded In Logan Countyhttp://www.news9.com/story/37751575/usgs-30-magnitude-quake-recorded-in-logan-countyLOGAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - A small earthquake shook up residents in Logan County. The 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck at approximately 1:50 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Its epicenter was located five miles east of Mulhall, six miles south, southeast of Orlando, nine miles north, northwest of Coyle and 42 miles north, northeast of Oklahoma City.Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:42:00 +0100news9-4bd6a767423d9aa30c29889b532b81be20180318204200Mexico’s 2017 earthquake emerged from a growing risk zonehttps://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/mexicos-2017-earthquake-emerged-from-a-growing-risk-zone/03/12/2018 Science Daily Source: ABC News. Environment Under Mexico, where the Cocos Plate from the Pacific Ocean slides under the North American Plate, a bending line of hills, created when the seafloor first formed, sits atop a flattened area of subduction.Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:31:00 +0100mexicoinstitute-3f614ec9154ee450cff597619194d5bf20180313173100Estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan’s national parks hit record 6 million in 2017https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1374184&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29The estimated number of foreign visitors to the nation’s national parks increased to a new record of 6 million last year, with a park in Kumamoto Prefecture, which was hit by natural disasters in 2016, having enjoyed a boost, the Environment Ministry has announced.Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:25:00 +0100japantimes-c7f84b2898391e7c43de75b38fafea4920180313112500Mexico's 2017 earthquake emerged from a growing risk zonehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Mexicos_2017_earthquake_emerged_from_a_growing_risk_zone_999.htmlUnder Mexico, where the Cocos Plate from the Pacific Ocean slides under the North American Plate, a bending line of hills, created when the seafloor first formed, sits atop a flattened area of subduction. That newly recognized combination, scientists report, has created a fault that likely explains....Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:31:00 +0100terradaily-d773be8efbd4bbde40c538f1060cb75820180313083100