18940 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.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2472509&CategoryId=12395TOKYO – A magnitude-5.0 earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on the southwestern Kyushu island on Thursday, Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the earthquake posed no tsunami risk and no casualties were reported. The tremor took place around 6:10 pm some 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep in Kumamoto Prefecture.Fri, 04 Jan 2019 06:56:00 +0100laht-000d485b5f387297e2825ed0ca44572220190104065600https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1069345/earthquake-rattles-southwest-japan-no-damage-reportedTOKYO — An earthquake shook southwestern Japan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami watch was lifted within an hour. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake measured a preliminary magnitude 5.0, rattling the Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto areas in the southwest of the main island of Kyushu.Fri, 04 Jan 2019 04:46:00 +0100inquirer-ca3cbc16919e762460445c86ce3521b720190104044600http://www.telemetro.com/internacionales/Sismo-estremece-suroeste-Japon-reportan_0_1205879612.htmlUn sismo estremeció el suroeste de Japón el jueves, pero no hubo reportes inmediatos de daños y, después de una hora, se suspendió la alerta de tsunami. La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón informó que el sismo tuvo una magnitud preliminar de 5,0 y remeció las áreas de Fukuoka, Nagasaki y Kumamoto en el suroeste de la principal isla de Kyushu.Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:52:00 +0100telemetro-ba69853d9494449493dc1a1f2360140120190103165200http://www.noticierodigital.com/2019/01/sismo-estremece-suroeste-de-japon/ND / 3 ene 2019.- Un sismo de 5 grados en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió este jueves el suroeste de Japón pero no hubo reportes inmediatos de daños y, después de una hora, se suspendió la alerta de tsunami. La Agencia Meteorológica del país informó que el hecho tuvo una magnitud preliminar de 5.Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:47:00 +0100noticierodigital-debfe1cb26c68bc9841cc1322d0162a520190103164700