421200 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://thediplomat.com/2019/05/papua-new-guinea-assesses-damage-from-powerful-earthquake/Papua New Guinea authorities were assessing the extent of damage Wednesday from a powerful earthquake that rattled coastal towns the previous evening. The magnitude 7.5 quake struck around 11 p.m. Tuesday at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Wed, 15 May 2019 17:53:00 +0200thediplomat-net-db6deb8f6e2e0a034dc178457816277a20190515175300https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-75-m-earthquake-gdacs-usgs-ptwc-media-echo-daily-flash-15An earthquake of 7.5 M at a depth of 10 km occurred off eastern Papua New Guinea on 14 May at 12.58 UTC. The epicentre was 4.5 km west of southern New Ireland Island and 43 km north-east of Kokopo town (New Britain Island). Up to 31,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 229,000 to strong shaking.Wed, 15 May 2019 16:48:00 +0200reliefWeb-ae2bf51e3108be2f6b583860cfa8cfb020190515164800https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/internacional/oceania/2019/05/14/terremoto-de-magnitud-75-sacudio-a-papua-nueva-guinea-en-el-pacifico-sur.shtmlUn fuerte sismo de magnitud 7,5 sacudió a Papúa Nueva Guinea , en la región suroeste del océano Pacífico, este martes a las 08:19 (hora de Chile), informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), lo que provocó una alerta ante un posible tsunami, que luego fue desactivada.Wed, 15 May 2019 15:18:00 +0200biobiochile-58758e63b784c93df697e3f79b8c012520190515151800https://acento.com.do/2019/bbcmundo/8682077-un-terremoto-de-75-sacude-papua-nueva-guinea-y-activa-alarma-de-tsunami-en-partes-del-pacifico/EPA El sismo se registró a nada más 10 kilómetros de profundidad cerca de la costa de Kokopo. A terremoto de magnitud 7,5 sacudió este martes las costas de Papúa Nueva Guinea activando una alarma de tsunami para partes del Pacífico, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS).Wed, 15 May 2019 13:21:00 +0200acento-5edabcc842060f2dae8daedda202366920190515132100