16940 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 https://www.noozhawk.com/article/5.0_earthquake_shakes_santa_barbaraAn earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook Santa Barbara County Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey , but there were no immediate reports of damage. The temblor at 12:29 p.m was centered offshore , on the south side of Santa Cruz Island, the USGS said.Sun, 08 Apr 2018 05:02:00 +0200noozhawk-efdd5d4906b226981f8b57cad607de0c20180408050200http://www.met.gov.my/content/pdf/siaranmedia.pdfJMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23A Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.14(95) SIARAN MEDIA Gempa Bumi Kuat di New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Gempa bumi kuat bermagnitud 6.3 pada skala Richter telah berlaku di New Guinea, Papua New Guinea pada pukul 1:48 petang, 7 April 2018. Pusat gempa bumi tersebut terletak 6.00° Selatan dan 142.Sun, 08 Apr 2018 04:44:00 +0200met-my-26aa85b017c8fb449b8e9f75831d10a220180408044400http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/SQU-to-set-up-68-earthquake-monitoring-stations-587qSpeaking to Muscat Daily , Dr Issa el Hussein, director, Earthquake Monitoring Centre, SQU said, “We currently have 20 fixed stations to monitor earthquakes. We have prepared a plan to increase the number of monitoring stations in different parts of the sultanate.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:33:00 +0200muscatdaily-ba5b0da2bcd69bf3d8b51ab03cef038420180407213300http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/07/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-magnitude-effects-7448219/An earthquake split the roads in Papua New Guinea earlier this year (Picture: Getty) Another earthquake has hit the country of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, following its devastating quakes earlier this year. The UN has just been forced to suspend its relief efforts in the worst-hit regions....Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:57:00 +0200metro-uk-6c89e8f01f7924779a0fb48613be29f820180407155700