156150 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12167148&ref=rssAn anonymous brochure warning that an 8m tidal wave could rampage through a small town if a proposed dam broke is being called misleading, dirty, and irresponsible scaremongering. The brochure - titled "How the Waimea Dam could affect you, your family, your home and its value" - has been delivered....Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:48:00 +0100nzherald-0700b9255aa7ce870722210db513d5a220181127054800https://www.mmtimes.com/news/rise-small-quakes-may-be-due-better-reporting.html“More than 130 small quakes happened in Myanmar during the first 10 months of this year, compared to over 60 quakes in all of last year, according to records,” he said. Foreshocks are earthquakes that occur before a larger seismic event. “There are many types of foreshocks. Some happen days to years before a major event.Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:56:00 +0100mmtimes-d2cd313e38a5d0d92c5ba793cd05321e20181127025600https://www.irishsun.com/news/258393765/iran-quake-injures-more-than-700-no-fatalities-reportedThe number of people injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq has risen to more than 700, state media report. No fatalities were reported yet from the November 25 quake, which occurred in the same area where a quake a year earlier killed more than 600 and injured more than 9,000 others.Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:57:00 +0100irishsun-d8ad5c81855f01f7db0ca54ab80ab61520181126145700https://www.rferl.org/a/western-iran-hit-by-6-3-magnitude-earthquake/29620089.htmlThe number of people injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq has risen to more than 700, state media report. No fatalities were reported yet from the November 25 quake, which occurred in the same area where a quake a year earlier killed more than 600 and injured more than 9,000 others.Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:02:00 +0100rferl-e17b6e0b89125ead266f70053c76209d20181126130200