3300 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/eighth-pacific-tsunami-drill-set-september-november-2018Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes. “The events of the 2009 Samoa Islands Region, 2010 Chile,....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +0200reliefWeb-404724b3dae6afaef83f8d645932f17620180921165600http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/21/c_137482694.htmPARIS, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Over 40 countries in the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario for September-November period this year to test their "tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes,", UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) said Thursday.Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:51:00 +0200xinhuanet_en-ad2da06b6267e17fa23e580b31ddb4e520180921005100https://en.unesco.org/news/eighth-pacific-tsunami-drill-set-september-november-2018Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes. “The events of the 2009 Samoa Islands Region, 2010 Chile,....Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0200unesco-41777c7f3363c059a8623552f57f9bfb20180920150000https://www.newsweek.com/earthquake-solomon-islands-gizo-1125819A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck about 30 miles east-southeast of Gizo, the capital of the Western Province in the Solomon Islands on Ghizo Island. The earthquake hit at a depth of about six miles, the USGS said.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:39:00 +0200newsweek-4d5390b66761f438f1fdeefb07d1c9b720180919043900