616840 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.wsj.com/articles/powerful-quake-hits-northern-japan-at-least-20-injured-1536195050?mod=asia_homeTOKYO—A strong earthquake hit rural northern Japan early Thursday, triggering a landslide that buried part of a village and closed a second major airport, after a typhoon shut down another one in the west of the country earlier this week. The epicenter of the quake, which hit around 3:08 a.m.Thu, 06 Sep 2018 23:53:00 +0200wsj-en-b63397ddad94ed4ee530edc17b57aef920180906235300https://www.yahoo.com/news/breaking-magnitude-6-6-earthquake-201758231.html(Image via USGS) Residents of Hokkaido awoke to powerful shaking early Thursday morning as the quake caused numerous landslides and homes to collapse. Dry weather will yield to rain in the next 24 hours which may hinder and delay some rescue and recovery efforts.Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:35:00 +0200news-yahoo-641c1ea323beca5b1df6067328af8ed520180906223500https://www.thedailystar.net/news/asia/1-killed-32-missing-after-quake-paralyses-japans-hokkaido-island-1630000--Powerful quake paralyses Hokkaido in latest disaster to hit Japan. --At least 7 killed, 33 missing, 300 injured after 6.7 quake. --Almost 3 million households without power, train services halted. --Quake triggers landslides on Hokkaido. --Main airport damaged, to remain closed for at least Thursday.Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:15:00 +0200thedailystarBD-cefc62c3bb72db995ca1e736bd9a8c1f20180906221500https://confirmado.net/2018/09/06/aumenta-cifra-de-muertos-por-fuerte-terremoto-en-el-norte-de-japon/Un fuerte terremoto de magnitud 6,7 en la escala de Richter sacudió este jueves (6.09.2018) de madrugada la isla nipona de Hokkaido (norte) y causó al menos nueve muertos y una treintena de desaparecidos, cuando Japón trataba aún de reponerse de la devastación causada por un potente tifón.Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:06:00 +0200confirmado-b8eeeaf6b0d4ec31ce9fe59b5fbbe3f320180906220600