216140 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.thenews.com.pk/print/435726-earthquake-with-7-5-magnitude-hits-ecuadorQUITO: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit Ecuador Friday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake struck before dawn in Ecuador’s eastern Amazon region 17 kilometers (10 miles) from the town of Montalvo near the border with Peru, the US Geological Survey said.Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:39:00 +0100thenews-pk-fc23a48c77887fdfa373c6886cd3840620190223053900http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/0223/c90000-9549108.htmlA powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning the southeastern Ecuadorian province of Morona Santiago, in the Amazon region, said the Geophysical Institute of the South American country. There were no immediate reports of possible victims or material damage. The earthquake occurred at 5:17 a.Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:18:00 +0100peopledaily-e9ca1d1190909d9049bf3ea26fb1e40720190223031800https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/761316/breaking-ecuador-earthquake-7-7-ambato-southeastThe earthquake struck 224 km east-southeast of Ambato, Ecuador, on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The area sits on the country's border with Peru. There have been reports of severe damage from the quake. More tremors are expected in the area throughout the day. ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE: A massive 7.Sat, 23 Feb 2019 01:40:00 +0100dailystar-fb226230ffc581684718e7797c2e273520190223014000http://www.pireport.org/articles/2009/10/07/secretariat-pacific-community-meets-tongaNews Release. Secretariat of the Pacific Community Nukualofa, Tonga Oct. 6, 2009. The 39th meeting of SPC’s Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) opened today in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Delegates representing the 26 member countries and territories of the Secretariat of....Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:37:00 +0100pidp-4461ebee2e4f0f7d31ba268351c439ca20190222203700