1610 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://www.mmtimes.com/news/moderate-quake-causes-little-damage-thandwe.htmlThe earthquake had its epicentre about 15 miles east of Thandwe at a depth of 8 kilometres, and the magnitude 4.7 aftershock had its an epicentre about 20 miles southeast of Thandwe at a depth of 51km, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:37:00 +0200mmtimes-f7eeec23b7b623b0d3499bce396e176920190820033700https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/asean-weekly-disaster-update-12-18-aug-2019REGIONAL SUMMARY: During the week, scattered and isolated heavy rains occurred in the equatorial and northern part of the region, while the southern portion remained generally dry. Several flooding events were reported this week as the Southwest Monsoon continue.Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:11:00 +0200reliefWeb-08dac0a6036725296aec89a62570551f20190819131100https://indianexpress.com/article/india/earthquake-of-5-8-in-afghanistan-mild-tremors-felt-in-delhi-ncr-region-5887334/The Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan. (Source: Google Maps) Mild tremors were felt in the Delhi-NCR region early Thursday morning after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan, Indian Meteorological Department reported. The magnitude of the tremors is yet to be ascertained.Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:09:00 +0200expressindia-0f1194f7a32f889112f0cc14c23a3bb520190808050900https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=news/7/08/2019/id-18664A FORUM on earthquake preparedness under the title of “National Earth-quake Preparedness and Response Plan & Earthquake Forum” was held at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. The forum was chaired by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye with....Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:23:00 +0200moi-gov-mm-fdf70ba51c43afa8dbe449e82c3fa9fc20190807082300