163180 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.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/4/128Abstract We use earthquake ground motion modelling via Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) and numerical simulation of seismic waves to consider the effects of site amplification and basin resonance in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. While spectral accelerations at short periods are sensitive to near-surface conditions (i.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:49:00 +0200mdpi-20cabbf1c9a23feab2d0917841f7969020180407134900http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/earthquake-measuring-6.5-magnitude-strikes-png/9630030A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, the European earthquake monitoring service (EMSC) reported. The very shallow quake was only 2 kilometres deep and 93km southwest of Porgera in the Enga province, the EMSC said.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:07:00 +0200abc-au-0b296e6b2d23507cedbb2ebdf4a1443420180407090700http://www.met.gov.my/content/pdf/siaranmedia.pdfJMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23A Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.14(89) SIARAN MEDIA Gempa Bumi Lemah di Ranau, Sabah Gempa bumi lemah bermagnitud 4 pada skala Richter telah berlaku di Ranau, Sabah pada pukul 10:12 malam, 4 April 2018. Pusat gempa bumi tersebut terletak 6.1° Utara dan 116.6° Timur.Thu, 05 Apr 2018 02:44:00 +0200met-my-bd34114d948892e2bc182906238cef7520180405024400https://reliefweb.int/report/nepal/open-cities-kathmandu-project-mapping-local-communities-reduce-disaster-riskAT A GLANCE. Country Nepal Risks Data and information gaps exacerbating seismic hazards Area of Engagement Promoting open access to risk information. In earthquake-prone Nepal, the government has implemented the Open Cities Kathmandu Project which builds seismic resilience by training civilians to map local areas.Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:27:00 +0200reliefWeb-ce1f3c202b7cca918ccf9e750bc9e18d20180403012700