230170 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.philstar.com/nation/2019/01/27/1888603/magnitude-51-earthquake-hits-eastern-samarMANILA, Philippines A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Eastern Samar on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. According to Phivolcs, a tremor that was tectonic in origin happened at 2:24 p.m. in Hernani, Eastern Samar. No damage was reported but aftershocks are expected.Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:42:00 +0100philstar-0333becdd3c79cfdef3a294b7a21ec2320190127094200https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2019/01/25/soixante-millions-de-personnes-ont-ete-affectees-par-les-catastrophes-naturelles-en-2018_5414469_3244.htmlA proximité d’un vaste incendie à Malibu, en Californie, le 9 novembre 2018. ERIC THAYER / REUTERS. Le bilan des catastrophes naturelles, bien qu’en légère diminution, reste lourd. Selon le Bureau des Nations unies pour la réduction des risques de catastrophes (UNISDR) et le Centre de recherche sur....Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:18:00 +0100LeMonde-032cd38f6f9d40551b4dee7e3e66013c20190125131800https://africanmanager.com/les-catastrophes-naturelles-ont-fait-plus-de-10-000-morts-en-2018/Les catastrophes naturelles ont affecté 61,7 millions de personnes et fait 10.733 décès dans le monde en 2018, a annoncé l’ONU jeudi à Genève. Les tremblements de terre, les tsunamis et les éruptions volcaniques ont été les plus meurtriers parmi les désastres en 2018, avec 289 incidents répertoriés.Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:54:00 +0100africanmanager-d4d910862a583b83278b80dacdc338f920190125125400http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1688774PUTRAJAYA, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysians are advised to postpone their trips to Calayan in Cagayan, Philippines, following the earthquake which hit the region yesterday. Wisma Putra in a statement today said that no Malaysians were reported to have been injured or directly affected by the 5.5-magnitude quake.Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:13:00 +0100bernama-66edd52f8a642a18c6b0d7079a1d915520190125121300