156130 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 http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Assessment_teams_deployed_after_massive_Papua_New_Guinea_quake_999.htmlPapua New Guinea dispatched assessment teams Wednesday to get a full picture of the damage caused by a violent 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck an island chain off the north coast overnight. An AFP reporter and residents on New Britain said electricity was still out and radio stations off air....Thu, 16 May 2019 09:57:00 +0200terradaily-7617bef65b00f3c0dba0469ea4bb136f20190516095700https://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.emirates247.com/news/powerful-quake-rattles-papua-new-guinea-no-injury-reports-2019-05-15-1.684082A powerful earthquake rattled coastal townships in Papua New Guinea late Tuesday and authorities say there have been no initial reports of major damage or injuries. The magnitude 7.5 quake struck in the ocean about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of Kokopo, a town with a population of about 26,000, according to the U.Wed, 15 May 2019 11:14:00 +0200emirates247-6f81c9d90ddfaf09634429fc5f381e7120190515111400