368270 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://physicsworld.com/a/smartphone-apps-shake-up-earthquake-early-warning-systems/On 19 September 1985 Mexico City was reduced to rubble by a magnitude-8.0 earthquake. While the epicentre was more than 370 km from the city, about 10,000 people died, with 3000 buildings damaged of which 400 collapsed. It was one of the worst tragedies in the metropolis’s 700-year history.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:01:00 +0200environmentalresearchweb-c774d38bd4635bd05b118cc8a73ac9f520180919130100https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2164884/dolphin-penguins-left-defunct-aquarium-spark-concernsA bottlenose dolphin, about 50 penguins and other marine creatures left at a defunct aquarium near Tokyo have prompted many activists and concerned people to ask for authorities to intervene, local officials said on Wednesday. The operator of the Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, Chiba....Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:25:00 +0200scmp-385b658db70cf2bfc1e9d72119ba071620180919122500https://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2018/09/big_y_helpa_red_cross_disaster_relief_fo.htmlSPRINGFIELD -- Big Y World Class Markets are collecting donations for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts for the Merrimack Valley fires and explosions, Hurricane Florence and other incidents. The drive runs from Wednesday, Sept. 19 through Saturday, Sept. 29.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:09:00 +0200masslive-cd772767048bd8642ed9896f5c03907420180919000900https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1489056&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29The powerful earthquake that recently hit Hokkaido threw a strong spotlight on how unprepared Japan is to provide foreign visitors with information during a crisis. With the number of foreign visitors expected to grow ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the government is introducing multilingual....Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:13:00 +0200japantimes-ead0ecf195318f94dc7ebe2d313e4e4020180918071300