16960 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.yucatan.com.mx/internacional/alerta-en-japon-avistamiento-de-peces-despiertan-temor-de-terremotoJAPÓN.- Los temores de que ocurra un terremoto en Japón aumentaron luego de tres avistamientos de un pez de aguas profundas, que representa un presagio de sismos y tsunamis. El viernes, pobladores descubrieron dos peces remo atrapados en las redes de pesca de la prefectura de Toyama. De igual manera, a principios de esta semana aparecieron otros.Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:05:00 +0100yucatan-01392ba2abef40d50de63ae9ad59297620190206230500https://www.thedailystar.net/offbeat/news/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-fear-heightens-after-oarfish-sightings-1698241The sightings of several oarfish measuring nearly four meters off Imizu Port in Japan’s Toyama prefecture over the week have raised an alarm that an earthquake and tsunami may be coming. The fishes were already dead and tangled in fishing nets before they were taken for studying.Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:40:00 +0100thedailystarBD-3aff9ff8fde4eb9a4f2e33fa250a6bc720190206104000https://physicsworld.com/a/increased-lightning-hazard-almost-guarantee/, warn scientists. Evidence points to a concentration of lightning strikes around major urban areas compared with their rural surroundings. It’s estimated that 55% of the world’s population lives in cities; by 2050 this proportion could be as high as two-thirds.Tue, 05 Feb 2019 04:21:00 +0100environmentalresearchweb-dda98a7588876101a3f9661b7e95a91320190205042100https://lasillarota.com/mundo/el-pez-que-atemoriza-a-japon-y-que-vaticina-un-tsunami-pez-remo-tsunami-japon/269328RYUGU NO TSUKAI El pez que atemoriza a Japón y que vaticina un tsunami Hasta ahora se han encontrado 7 ejemplares del pez remo cuyo tamaño oscila entre 3.2 y 4 metros. REDACCIÓN 01/02/2019 07:55 p.m. El temor de un tsunami crece entre los japoneses tras las constantes apariciones de peces remo en los últimos días.Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:35:00 +0100lasillarota-c95940efae2117090ec08830bd383fc120190204223500