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://macaudailytimes.com.mo/this-day-in-history-1998-4000-feared-dead-in-afghan-earthquake.htmlAn earthquake in northern Afghanistan has left thousands dead, injured or homeless. The earthquake is centred on the city of Rostaq in the remote province of Takhar, close to the border with Tajikistan. A spokesman for the Northern Alliance – which controls the area – told Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press over 3,500 bodies had been recovered.Mon, 04 Feb 2019 01:39:00 +0100macaudailytimes-7f34bcc4f33cda066ddbe7979cacfb80macaudailytimesen34.5309 69.136757UNbodiesNaturalDisastersMARS-STATUnited NationsRed CrossRed CrescentEUNorthern AllianceInternational FederationMohammed OmarMedecins Sans Frontieres20190204013900https://akipress.com/news:615439/AKIPRESS.COM - Earthquake was recorded in the Vahdat city near the Tajikistan capital at 9:33 on January 22, the Institute of Seismology of Tajikistan reports. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 10 kilometers east of Dushanbe. It measured around magnitude 3-4 in the epicenter. No damages were reported.Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:09:00 +0100ca-news-b41f4a46b4bf40a4abe70be65c971a60ca-newsen38.5593 68.775NaturalDisasters20190122080900