810 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.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2019/01/18/2003708170A Japanese volcano yesterday erupted, spewing ash and smoke 6km into the air over a small southern island. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption on Kuchinoerabu, in the far south of Japan. There had been no evacuations on the island, which is home to just 109 people, a local official said.Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:52:00 +0100taipeitimes-656c8308ae7205fc7d1ed6fd1751580b20190117185200https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1070300/earthquakes-today-alaska-seismic-activity-risk-tsunami-1964-anchorage-USGSSo far in 2019, there have been 98 earthquakes magnitude 2.5 or higher in the state of Alaska. Of these, seven have been measured at a magnitude of 4.5 or higher according to the USGS (United States Geological Survey). The highest occurred on January 5, 57km south of Tananga Volcano, measuring a magnitude of 5.Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:09:00 +0100express-ed234a5cf74795105f96e59bb0d06d8520190110210900https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6569013/Large-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-coast-Japan.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490today. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.4 has struck off the coast of south east Japan. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake south southeast of Kagoshima today. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake was 24 miles (39km) deep and centred 116 km.Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:25:00 +0100dailymail-8efb65a6cb297baf59c157acfe02bd2620190108142500https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2019/01/03/this-is-what-those-new-satellite-images-of-anak-krakatau-are-showing/Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’ve all been recovering from whatever shenanigans you were up to faster than you thought you might. Speaking of which, how’s Anak Krakatau doing, a couple of weeks after a large part of it collapsed into the sea and triggered that Well, thanks to plenty of new....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:40:00 +0100forbes-692ab3b99157b02a4ecb08e4cbfe2a3920190103164000