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 UnionEU20190521050900http://www.met.gov.my/content/pdf/siaranmedia/english/19%20May%202019-Strong%20%20Earthquake%20in%20Southeast%20of%20Loyalty%20Islands%20at%2019%20May%202019%20on%2009.23am.pdfJMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23B Ruj. Kami: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.15(98) PRESS RELEASE Strong Earthquake in Southeast of Loyalty Islands A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred near Southeast of Loyalty Islands at 9:23am (Malaysian Local Time) on 19 May 2019 . The epicentre of the earthquake was located at latitude 21.Sun, 19 May 2019 05:13:00 +0200met-my-e758e9832759a4ac50fad4f88cc74140met-myen-17.80978 177.507797NaturalDisastersMeteorological Department20190519051300http://www.pireport.org/articles/2006/05/05/fiji-seismologist-questions-tsunami-warning-systemSUVA, Fiji (Fiji Times, May 4) – The Seismology Department in Fiji is questioning the effectiveness of an early warning system based at the in Hawaii. Seismologist Nilesh Kumar Jit said it took more than half an hour for a tsunami warning to be issued to the public in Fiji after it was released from Hawaii.Tue, 07 May 2019 10:46:00 +0200pidp-afd27f79262a24b774100a384163df37pidpen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersAssociated PressGerard FryerU.S. Geological SurveyWARNING SYSTEMWarning SystemPacific Tsunami Warning CenterPacific Tsunami Warning CentreThe Pacific Tsunami Warning CentreNational Disaster OfficePacific IslandFiji Times20190507104600https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/314410-sismo-magnitud-sacudir-costas-vanuatu?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=allUn temblor de magnitud 5,8 se ha registrado este 10 de mayo a las 08:44 UTC en la costa de Vanuatu, en el sur del océano Pacífico. Según el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS), el foco del movimiento telúrico se localizó a 111 kilómetros de profundidad y a 29 kilómetros de Isangel, un pueblo con una población aproximada de 1.Fri, 10 May 2019 11:35:00 +0200rt-es-81d69dd7f27a4382a8ee81e62e03ab21rt-eses-17.7404 168.321An earthquake of magnitude 5,8 shakes off VanuatuAn earthquake of magnitude 5,8 shakes off VanuatuNaturalDisasters20190510113500https://larepublica.pe/tag/terremotoen Loreto el pasado domingo 26 de mayo, la provincia de Alto Amazonas ha sido declarada en Estado de Emergencia por un plazo de 60 días calendario. El terremoto , que duró casi 10 minutos, dejó 2.300 muertos, 3.000 heridos y dos millones de personas sin hogar. Además de reporta que terremoto de 7.Fri, 31 May 2019 01:07:00 +0200larepublica-pe-e7c80cad62136b2d85c089f2ace915d0larepublica-pees-0.349494 -65.933632Earthquake in 1970Earthquake in 1970NaturalDisastersThe New School20190531010700