300 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.express.co.uk/news/world/1063900/tonga-earthquake-pacific-islands-magnitudeThe earthquake struck at just past 2pm today local time. The epicentre was roughly 151 km north of Neiafu, the second largest town in Tonga with a population of around 6,000. No tsunami warning has been issued but aftershocks are possible. Local authorities are instructing individuals to prepare for....Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:16:00 +0100express-4dc6a40074eb2126c6cfc40836a203cd20181226191600https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/109585433/indonesia-tsunami-how-a-volcanic-eruption-can-trigger-a-terrifying-wall-of-waterRegional tsunami are generated between one and three hours travel time away from their destination. For example, an eruption from an underwater volcano in the Kermadec Trench to the north of New Zealand, could generate a regional tsunami. Local tsunami are generated very close, this type of tsunami....Mon, 24 Dec 2018 05:11:00 +0100Stuff-0b52d18ec7ad5c0c5e4286dca58fb66720181224051100https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/larry-williams-drive/audio/ian-simpson-new-geohazards-centre-a-world-first/From volcanoes to earthquakes and even tsunamis, we can now monitor geohazards around the clock. A new monitoring centre is up and running in Lower Hutt and will be manned 24/7. The previous system would alert an on-call scientist, however there could have been asleep at the time.Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:04:00 +0100newstalkzb-559050e33b540855cc16312f9951e3a120181212070400