20660 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.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/civil-defence-screw-up-apology-after-accidentally-tweeting-earthquake-tsunami-warning.htmlCivil Defence has apologised for alarming Kiwis by accidentally tweeting an old earthquake notification. On Thursday afternoon, it posted to Twitter and Facebook that there had been a 6.6-magnitude earthquake south of the Kermadec Islands. It added that Civil Defence was assessing whether it posed a potential tsunami risk to New Zealand.Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:31:00 +0100newshub-4ee281b704ecafc94fbb7ff3ec3b3c3420190314053100https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/civil-defence-nz-retracts-potential-tsunami-warning-issued-mistake-twitterCivil Defence NZ issued a potential tsunami warning by mistake on Twitter this afternoon. The tweet, which was quickly deleted, said there had been a 6.6 magnitude earthquake just south of the Kermadec Islands. It also stated that Civil Defence was monitoring any tsunami risk to New Zealand from the quake.Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:13:00 +0100tvnz-2657cb9fec5619195a48522e5a206ce120190314051300https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/03/13/breaking-news/moderate-quake-strikes-coast-of-big-island-no-tsunami-threat/A moderate earthquake struck the coast of the Volcano area of Hawaii island early this morning but did not generate a tsunami. The magnitude 5.5 quake struck at 12:55 a.m. on Kilauea Volcano’s south flank near the Holei Pali area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at a depth of 4.1 miles, according to the U.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 22:07:00 +0100HonululuAdvertiser-1b33a2091eec4d16d2027908ac3eb3c820190313220700http://www.therepublic.com/2019/03/13/us-hawaii-volcano-earthquake/VOLCANO, Hawaii The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-5.5 earthquake has hit the southern flank of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The agnecy reports light to moderate shaking was felt across the Big Island and Maui early Wednesday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanos.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:11:00 +0100therepublic-b368dbf7ca2cdd057d2bb161231e5b3020190313191100