339460 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.emirates247.com/news/5-7-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-central-america-2019-05-17-1.684189A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken Nicaragua and El Salvador, where buildings swayed and were evacuated in the capital. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was centered off the coast of Nicaragua at a depth of 43 miles (70 kilometers), but was felt throughout El Salvador.Fri, 17 May 2019 09:33:00 +0200emirates247-df4dcaa47ce08f89f1e8bb7afd4c131220190517093300https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/temblor-se-registra-zona-central-del-pais-17-05-2019Durante la madrugada de este viernes se registró un sismo con epicentro ubicado a 139 kilómetros al oeste de Constitución , en la región del Maule. Según el Centro Sismológico Nacional, el movimiento telúrico tuvo una magnitud de 4.7 Richter a una profundidad de 50.1 kilómetros.Fri, 17 May 2019 09:00:00 +0200t13-9ca2b8d7b3b71a8c739434d8bcdc3bbb20190517090000https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-a-big-earthquake-near-vancouver-is-almost-inevitable-are-we-ready/Cars and people lie crushed under the slabs of a collapsed bridge. Nearby, boulders from a landslide have trapped vehicles and passengers. Emergency personnel pull bodies from the wreckage. That was the scene last Friday in Vancouver – staged as a test of the city’s preparedness for a real earthquake.Fri, 17 May 2019 04:26:00 +0200theglobeandmail-9413f08e7233b278b44c48d5de51734720190517042600https://koaa.com/ap-world-news/2019/05/16/5-7-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-central-america/SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken Nicaragua and El Salvador, where buildings swayed and were evacuated in the capital. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was centered off the coast of Nicaragua at a depth of 43 miles (70 kilometers), but was felt throughout El Salvador.Thu, 16 May 2019 21:47:00 +0200koaa-474f57587a63a5395f9acbff0aabfe1620190516214700