225150GDACS 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 Massive 8 magnitude earthquake strikes Peru as buildings COLLAPSEhttps://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/781439/Peru-earthquake-tremor-magnitude-8-South-America-breaking?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-latest-news+%28Daily+Star+%3A%3A+News+Feed%29The massive tremor felt from hundreds of miles around left buildings collapsing amid fears of casualties. Shocking pictures emerged of mountains of rubble with shopping centres and homes among the badly damaged. The powerful quake in south America was felt as far as 550 miles away in neghbouring country Ecuador.Sun, 26 May 2019 12:27:00 +0200dailystar-18dbfe93bf3a5d5f471c8365ed21a48120190526122700Researcher issues earthquake alert, strong tremors could jolt earth in 24 hourshttps://www.ibtimes.sg/researcher-issues-earthquake-alert-strong-tremors-could-jolt-earth-24-hours-30946Frank Hoogerbeets, a self-proclaimed seismic researcher, has claimed that powerful earthquakes measuring more than 6 in the Richter scale could jolt the planet either today or tomorrow. The Dutch researcher also revealed that a critical planetary alignment involving the Earth, Sun, and Mercury is the cause of this increase in seismic activities.Thu, 23 May 2019 11:14:00 +0200ibtimes-sg-02adc82cd8dab2f78d707720962df26b20190523111400Earthquake of 7.5 Magnitude with Tsunami Potential Shocks Papua New Guineahttps://en.netralnews.com/news/international/read/26863/earthquake.of.75.magnitude.with.tsunami.potential.shocks.papua.new.guineaKOKOPO, NETRALNEWS.COM An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale struck the coast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday (05/14/2019). The US Geological Survey (USGS) says there is a possibility of a dangerous tsunami wave, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.Thu, 23 May 2019 05:01:00 +0200netralnews-en-96d57bfc42208cd697a8ed903a5efa0620190523050100Tanzania floods kill five, leave around 2,500 homelesshttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tanzania_floods_kill_five_leave_around_2500_homeless_999.htmlFlooding in Tanzania has killed five people and forced about 2,500 to flee their homes after a week of torrential rain in the country's south, an official said Friday. Schools have closed in Kyela, a district on the border of Lake Malawi, and families fled to shelters after losing everything in the rising waters.Wed, 22 May 2019 12:42:00 +0200terradaily-0ee79d18740af87ae4b2a5f174e7afac20190522124200