336190GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Violent earthquake hits Papua New Guinea A powerful earthquake has struck an island chain off Papua New Guinea's north coast. A tsunami warning was briefly issued but later lifted. The extent of any damage was expected to become clear after sunrise.https://www.dw.com/en/violent-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea/a-48738097A shallow, violent offshore quake hit Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain island late on Tuesday. The 7.5 magnitude quake initially triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned that unusually large waves could reach Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia, however it later said the tsunami threat had passed.Thu, 16 May 2019 04:52:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-5b722d906ebd3ce23dc75cc5ce9b5e3820190516045200Powerful quake rattles residents on Papua New Guinea islandhttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Powerful_quake_rattles_residents_on_Papua_New_Guinea_island_999.htmlA violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck an island chain off the north coast of Papua New Guinea late Tuesday, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for safety. The shallow quake occurred around 11pm (1300 GMT), some 44 kilometres (27 miles) northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island, the US Geological Survey said.Wed, 15 May 2019 10:54:00 +0200terradaily-c206420bf43f90d5ea2ae99bf5dacb8c20190515105400Powerful quake rattles residents on Papua New Guinea islandhttps://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Powerful-Quake-Rattles-Residents-on-Papua-New-Guinea-Island-20190514-0023.htmlA violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck an island chain off the north coast of Papua New Guinea late Tuesday, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for safety. The shallow quake occurred around 11 p.m., local time, some 44 kilometers northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island, the said.Wed, 15 May 2019 02:03:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-04e641a6d0f1a1168961a0df709b18f320190515020300Violent earthquake hits Papua New Guinea A powerful earthquake has struck an island chain off Papua New Guinea's north coast. A tsunami warning was briefly issued but later lifted. The extent of any damage was expected to become clear after sunrise.https://www.dw.com/en/violent-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea/a-48738097A shallow, violent offshore quake hit Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain island late on Tuesday. The 7.5 magnitude quake initially triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned that unusually large waves could reach Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia, however it later said the tsunami threat had passed.Tue, 14 May 2019 20:59:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-786f7da91568d05f3c6e909385b4311b20190514205900