164100 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 http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20190821-improving-shakealert-earthquake-early-warning-system-for-the-west-coastThe U.S. Geological Survey has awarded more than $12.5 million to seven universities and a university-governed non-profit to support operation, improvement and expansion of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the United States.Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:36:00 +0200homelandsecuritynewswire-3697aeece1feaca70b604e7b9867246720190821183600https://yubanet.com/regional/usgs-awards-12-5-million-for-shakealert-earthquake-early-warning-system/A mountaintop multi-hazard monitoring site designed, built and operated by the Nevada Seismological Lab on the top of Slide Mountain overlooking the Tahoe Basin and the western Nevada high-mountain desert. Volunteers with Tahoe area Rotary Clubs helped with the installation. RENO, Nev. August 20, 2019 – The U.Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:03:00 +0200yubanet-f1464a0cbf075fb567a9fa8019e474cf20190821170300https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/08/21/Earthquake-recorded-near-Ashotsk-village-in-north-of-Armenia/2156155An earthquake of 2.8 magnitude was registered 9 km northeast of Ashotsk village of Armenia’s on Wednesday at about 14:20 (GMT 10:20), Armenia’s National Service for Seismic Protection at the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) reported, adding the geographical coordinates of the epicenter were northern latitude 41.Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:52:00 +0200panorama-am-en-9763211604747ad153867a9e0e7a173920190821155200https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-08-20/newport-beach-to-replace-rusty-tsunami-warning-sirensNewport Beach will replace its tsunami warning alarms because its current sirens rusted. The city plans to spend $200,000 to swap out its three sirens, all of which are on the Balboa Peninsula. The replacements are expected to be in by the end of the year.Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:03:00 +0200daily-pilot-70073f784ad4341c856bbeda3fc6d38820190820210300