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.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Mauritius-Participates-in-Mock-Tsunami-Exercise.aspxSimulated tsunami waves were generated by an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale on the Makran Trench off the southern coast of Iran which were expected to spread through the whole of the Indian Ocean. As at 12 30 hrs, some 2 170 persons had already been evacuated around Mauritius for the purpose of the mock exercise.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:17:00 +0200govmu-91d4ca606921999059461cdd3415f266govmuen35.7745 51.4477CrisisResponseNaturalDisastersEtienne SinatambouNational Disaster Risk ReductionIndian Ocean Tsunami Warning20180905081700https://en.unesco.org/news/indian-ocean-countries-test-tsunami-warning-and-evacuation-procedures-ocean-wide-tsunamibordering the Indian Ocean will engage in Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18), a large-scale tsunami exercise based on two scenarios that will be enacted on the 4 th and 5 th September respectively. The scenario to be tested on 4 September will simulate a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the southern coast of Islamic Republic of Iran.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0200unesco-b16bc92f3f5a83a3eb3b3590c091cf4funescoen35.7745 51.4477UNbodiesNaturalDisastersUNESCOIslamic RepublicAgnès BardonIndian Ocean Tsunami Warning20180905050000https://reliefweb.int/report/world/indian-ocean-countries-test-tsunami-warning-and-evacuation-procedures-ocean-wideTwenty-four countries bordering the Indian Ocean will engage in Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18), a large-scale tsunami exercise based on two scenarios that will be enacted on the 4th and 5th September respectively. The scenario to be tested on 4 September will simulate a magnitude 9.Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:18:00 +0200reliefWeb-b2888294ee775b6256cc7d98b07f2deareliefWeben35.7745 51.4477NaturalDisastersUNbodiesUNESCOIslamic RepublicAgnès BardonIndian Ocean Tsunami Warning20180904151800http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Mauritius-to-participate-in-mock-tsunami-exercise-Indian-Ocean-Wave-2018.aspx– 03 September, 2018: Mauritius, along with 25 countries around the Indian Ocean Rim will participate on Tuesday 4 September 2018, in the mock tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18). The mock scenario will comprise tsunami waves generated by an earthquake of magnitude 9.Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:38:00 +0200govmu-98a6924826410c2f19ac4b147f0f925bgovmuen35.7745 51.4477NaturalDisastersCrisisResponseEmergencyWarning SystemNational Disaster Risk ReductionIndian Ocean Tsunami WarningPorts AuthorityMBC20180903133800http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=49736The Department of Meteorology says that that the minor earthquake which was recorded in the sea area to the south west of the island will have no impact on Sri Lanka. The Magnitude 5.5 earthquake was recorded in the sea area 1,532 km from Port Mathurin, Mauritius and 3,700km from Galle, Colombo.Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:34:00 +0200srilankasource-18e60330a759d1ac8a8e0f292bc12cd3srilankasourceen-20.1653 57.4964NaturalDisasters20180902053400http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=49736The Department of Meteorology says that that the minor earthquake which was recorded in the sea area to the south west of the island will have no impact on Sri Lanka. The Magnitude 5.5 earthquake was recorded in the sea area 1,532 km from Port Mathurin, Mauritius and 3,700km from Galle, Colombo.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:13:00 +0200adaderana-18e60330a759d1ac8a8e0f292bc12cd3adaderanaen-20.1653 57.4964NaturalDisasters20180901141300