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://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/asia-and-pacific/pacific_enNatural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank among the highest in the world in terms of numbers of casualties and people affected by disasters.Tue, 21 May 2019 05:09:00 +0200EC-cc34d639b6d91f39214a17d4de3328c0ECen-9.48177 147.184NaturalDisastersCivilProtectionFloodingCrisisResponseEnvironmentClimateChangeEU-PacificTH4001-RMRCombinedCivil ProtectionEuropean UnionEU20190521050900https://www.cbsnews.com/news/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-today-tsunami-alert-issued-after-powerful-quake-live-updates-2019-05-14/A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and the nearby Solomon Islands. The quake was centered 28 miles northeast of Kokopo and hit at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Tue, 14 May 2019 16:50:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-8f21f91f329b12bfe19b5f53cd6c0153newsnow-co-uken-9.48177 147.184NaturalDisastersAssociated PressU.S. Geological SurveyCBSPacific Tsunami Warning CenterThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center20190514165000https://www.cbsnews.com/news/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-today-tsunami-alert-issued-after-powerful-quake-live-updates-2019-05-14/A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and the nearby Solomon Islands. The quake was centered 28 miles northeast of Kokopo and hit at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Tue, 14 May 2019 16:37:00 +0200CBSnews-8f21f91f329b12bfe19b5f53cd6c0153CBSnewsen-9.48177 147.184NaturalDisastersAssociated PressU.S. Geological SurveyCBSPacific Tsunami Warning CenterThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center20190514163700https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/tremblement-terre-ressenti-plusieurs-endroits-caledonie-708937.htmlA lire les internautes, il a été ressenti à Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa, Païta, Dumbéa, le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Touho, Koumac ou encore Thio: un tremblement de terre s’est produit dans le Sud du Vanuatu ce vendredi soir, vers 19h45. Magnitude Sa magnitude a été estimée à 5.Fri, 10 May 2019 16:23:00 +0200la1ere-12f7723c736ddf78ba21b7a3ecff9cadla1erefr-17.7404 168.321An earthquake felt in several places of caledoniaAn earthquake felt in several places of caledoniaNaturalDisasters20190510162300https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/tremblement-terre-ressenti-plusieurs-endroits-caledonie-708937.htmlA lire les internautes, il a été ressenti à Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa, Païta, Dumbéa, le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Touho, Koumac ou encore Thio: un tremblement de terre s’est produit dans le Sud du Vanuatu ce vendredi soir, vers 19h45. Magnitude Sa magnitude a été estimée à 5.Fri, 10 May 2019 14:16:00 +0200francetvinfo-12f7723c736ddf78ba21b7a3ecff9cadfrancetvinfofr-17.7404 168.321An earthquake felt in several places of caledoniaAn earthquake felt in several places of caledoniaNaturalDisasters20190510141600http://www.pireport.org/articles/2015/05/25/no-tsunami-threat-after-latest-solomon-islands-earthquakeEarthquakes latest in recent Melanesian series. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, May 23, 2015) – The Solomon Islands has been struck by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the second large one today. The latest quake, with a depth of 33 kilometres, struck just after 11am local time....Sat, 25 May 2019 10:17:00 +0200pidp-b8327ad8dacd4bb173413dac6b273c9dpidpen-9.62239171888818 160.15841165124NaturalDisastersKira KiraRadio New Zealand20190525101700http://www.pireport.org/articles/2007/08/02/72-quake-strikes-vanuatu-no-harm-reportedWELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Aug. 1) – The U.S. Geological Survey says a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southeast of Santo in Vanuatu early this morning. It says the quake was at a depth of 172.7 kilometers and the epicenter was 1,996 kilometers northeast of Brisbane, Australia.Mon, 27 May 2019 05:16:00 +0200pidp-e12d322003b1978a39cada69f110c6d4pidpen-17.7404 168.321NaturalDisastersU.S. Geological SurveyRadio New Zealand20190527051600