186150 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.manilatimes.net/preparing-for-the-big-one-2/545069/FELINO A. PALAFOX, JR. THERE is no escaping natural disasters, but we can do everything in our power to safeguard human life. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake surprised everyone when it struck Pampanga and shook areas of Luzon and Metro Manila last Monday; then another earthquake hit Samar last Tuesday afternoon.Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:12:00 +0200manilatimes-4adb55cad6e2cc896b87321a84cc23a020190424181200https://www.bworldonline.com/aftershocks-still-felt-in-quake-hit-luzon-areas-clark-airport-resumes-operations/A MAGNITUDE 4.5 aftershock shook parts of Luzon early Wednesday morning as people were still reeling from the 6.1 earthquake that struck on Monday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology’s (Phivolcs) monitoring showed the aftershock’s epicenter at 15 kilometers northeast of....Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:08:00 +0200bworldcom-ae4850fa4e0cb08092c388420f51101720190424150800https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/8/978Abstract The 5 September 2018 (UTC time) Mw6.6 earthquake of Tomakomai, Japan has triggered about 10,000 landslides with high density, causing widespread concern. We attempted to establish a detailed inventory of this slope failure and use proper methods to assess landslide susceptibility in the entire affected area.Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:46:00 +0200mdpi-1b747c17a7d04178dcfd90cb80d7dc5c20190424124600https://opinion.inquirer.net/120929/be-prepared-2But the capital region was jolted nonetheless by the alarming shaking that caused tall buildings to visibly sway, reminding the public that a potentially much stronger quake — the “Big One” — can strike the metro and its environs. A 2004 Earthquake Impact Reduction Study for Metropolitan Manila by....Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:22:00 +0200inquirer-7fc687a3cce599ed8a065ed22c3a962120190424042200