19650 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.india.com/news/world/quake-alert-all-you-need-to-know-about-warning-app-for-earthquakes-2985926/New Delhi, Apr 6: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit off the Southern California coast on Thursday. However, some residents knew about the earthquake before it even hit. Those who had the beta Quake Alert application on their smartphones received about a 30-second warning before tremors were felt.Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:06:00 +0200india-1cefc32407a9c196b6d68021accc0e3e20180406170600http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/04/06/possibility-strong-quake-needs-further-study-bmkg.htmlPREMIUM The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) clarified on Thursday that the possibility of a 8.7-magnitude earthquake striking the Sunda Megathrust, which it raised in late February, could not be ascertained yet as the matter required further study.Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:11:00 +0200JakartaPost-516af86aa53d4a2c20d2c389a18bbdf720180406161100http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Sports/Tears-and-budget-battles--the-tricky-path-to-Tokyo-2020/1840572-4372778-ehxpyf/index.htmlWith emotions running high, the thoughts of many Japanese turned to the thousands of victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, with the Olympics eyed as a golden opportunity to rebuild. Unfortunately, that reputation for efficiency quickly went out of the window when Abe was....Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:48:00 +0200theCitizen-a55890d41ac223d3b91a9da16e01afba20180405074800http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2018/04/693_246731.html/Timber engineering is re-emerging as a sustainable option for construction, amid earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters that have struck the world in the recent years. As engineering powerhouses around the world are turning their eyes to timber, Korea seeks to jump on the bandwagon, with....Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:25:00 +0200koreatimes-5751609b20daee1f81e508cb2fd2b75220180404092500