233130 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.ekathimerini.com/234939/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/earthquake-response-drill-for-ppc-minersWorkers at a Public Power Corporation lignite mine in Kozani, northern Greece, carry out a preparedness exercise on Wednesday. Code-named Pandora, the annual exercise is aimed at training workers at the mine what to do in the event of a natural disaster.Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0100kathimerini-en-97859ec14dbf83077936a1dad55a868c20181121225900https://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/elephant-in-the-room-are-animals-far-cleverer-than-humans-like-to-think-1.792627Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. Courtesy Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. An elephant that can count or a dog that can foretell a disaster would once have been the topic of fiction or a circus attraction, but now they are the focus of scientific interest and their abilities appear to be genuine.Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:26:00 +0100thenational-5a5eaee9c27d3a5515141187c565ae1120181117062600https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/11/882Abstract A strong earthquake of magnitude M w 6.8 struck Western Greece on 25 October 2018 with an epicenter at 37.515 N 20.564 E. It was preceded by an anomalous geolectric signal that was recorded on 2 October 2018 at a measuring station 70 km away from the epicenter.Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:01:00 +0100mdpi-f154638767466e05098e8434b43ad96420181116160100https://reliefweb.int/map/greece/greece-68m-earthquake-and-tsunami-25-october-2018Map Information - An earthquake of 6.8 M at the depth of 14 km occurred in the Ionian Sea (western Greece) on 25 October at 22:54 UTC. The epicentre was located offshore 45 km south-west of Zakintos Island. The earthquake affected the island of Zakynthos, but it was also felt in large part of Greece, southern Italy and northern Africa.Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100reliefWeb-a021c06887e27299ca3f0ce2605071af20181115123300