1000 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://au.news.yahoo.com/powerful-6-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-vanuatu-232214004.htmlA 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off Vanuatu. The earthquake hit north of the island of Toga at about 7am local time Wednesday morning, according to Geosciences Australia. However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported the quake was a magnitude of 6.8. The centre advised “no action is required” as there’s no tsunami threat.Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:45:00 +0100yahoo-au-03cd61cc037af4390fa16cc39732f32c20190116004500https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/6-6-magnitude-quake-rattles-vanuatu-119011600062_1.htmlAn earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck the Islands. The quake struck 105 km west-northwest of Sola at around 6:06 pm (UTC) on Tuesday. The temblor was situated at a depth of 46.9 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:35:00 +0100business-standard-450613e4b3baf933b7ee8c3132fafcf620190115223500https://www.india.com/news/world/6-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-pacific-ocean-off-vanuatu-no-casualties-reported-usgs-3528329/Port Vila: A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu, said United States Geological Survey (USGS). There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The USGS put the preliminary magnitude at 6.6, down from an initial estimate of 6.8.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:53:00 +0100india-b9ebb71c17a4d585bfe991fec678202420190115205300http://news.trust.org/item/20190115192551-6lnzjWELLINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck off the coast of Vanuatu in the Pacific ocean on Wednesday, at a depth of 46.9 km, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:51:00 +0100trust-e54d0655eba33d259b460da8181334d720190115205100