313420 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.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/earthquake-hits-northwest-of-hampton-1.4972818?cmp=rssEarthquakes Canada has confirmed a 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit an area 19 kilometres northwest of Saint John in southern New Brunswick this morning. Nick Ackerley, an Earthquakes Canada seismologist, said the earthquake hit at 9:49 a.m. AT. Its preliminary magnitude was reported as 3.7, but Earthquakes Canada upgraded it later Thursday.Fri, 11 Jan 2019 03:33:00 +0100CBC-838e3bbdc4e2556d17c61dc02fefa6f420190111033300https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/01/daily-mail-tells-aussies-to-be-prepared-for-quake-in-new-zealand.htmlUK tabloid the Daily Mail has bizarrely told Australians to "be prepared" if an "absolutely terrifying" earthquake hits New Zealand. The post on Facebook came complete with a picture of a country that's quite clearly not Australia. It links to a story about the Hikurangi subduction zone, which....Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:13:00 +0100newshub-5b9137954b1ec0f55d6e96d4cda568df20190111011300https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/01/hikurangi-megathrust-quake-could-be-more-destructive-than-japan-s-with-30m-waves.htmlA rupture of New Zealand's largest faultline could cause damage and destruction on a scale comparable to the Japan quake of 2011 with tsunami waves as high as 30 metres, a geologist has warned. On March 11 that year, a magnitude 9 quake hit off the eastern coast of Honshu , Japan's largest island.Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:12:00 +0100newshub-18eb67155262d651bb7c89696a75ec8f20190110221200http://www.ekathimerini.com/236452/article/ekathimerini/news/zakyntos-jolted-by-43-magnitude-quakeTAGS: Earthquake A 4.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the Ionian island of Zakynthos at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Geodynamic Institute in Athens. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The tremor struck 67 kilometers off the island capital at a depth of 2.4 kilometers. The island was hit by a powerful 6.Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:44:00 +0100kathimerini-en-28769e1d77d3e04c83407d68f028e4e020190110214400