197660 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://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/dswd-dromic-report-14-earthquake-incident-itbayat-batanes-07-august-2019-6pmSituation Overview. On 27 July 2019 at 4:16 AM, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Itbayat, Batanes (20.90°N, 121.85°E - 012 km N 04°E) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 12 km. The earthquake was also felt in the neighboring municipalities of Batanes.Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:07:00 +0200reliefWeb-dd8bb0211b26aa5191987801cee569ec20190810090700https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1152390/magnitude-4-earthquake-hits-off-governor-generoso-davao-orientalMANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake struck at 11:56 p.m. on Friday at 139 kilometers southeast of the municipality. Phivolcs said the tremor was of tectonic origin and had a 110-kilometer depth of focus.Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:36:00 +0200inquirer-c461aa7d4a5ba135fa2a5879228342ae20190810053600https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-orders-markets-schools-closed-on-friday-as-super-typhoon-approachesTAIPEI (REUTERS) - Authorities in Taiwan have ordered markets, businesses and schools to close on Friday (Aug 9) as a super typhoon approaches the island, forcing flight cancellations and landslide warnings shortly after Typhoon Lekima, which is packing maximum winds of 234kmh, is expected to hit....Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:32:00 +0200straitstimesSG-8aea0d5d76107d144f94b01bdde3b4c420190810043200https://www.manilametro.com/news/262011591/batanes-earthquakes-media-must-look-into-lapses-in-disaster-preparednessScreengrab from CNNPhilippines.com. TYPHOON RESILIENT Batanes proved no match to earthquakes. Two tremors, one of magnitude 5.4 at 4:16 a.m. and another of magnitude 5.9 at 7:37 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, left Itbayat, a town in the picturesque island province, in ruins.Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:04:00 +0200manilametro-1d35edaa7a2595b0c25bc578b0b80ab920190809150400