47950 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://montreal.ctvnews.ca/minor-earthquake-hits-in-charlevoix-1.4570061A minor earthquake hit the Charlevoix region Thursday morning. Earthquakes Canada reported a 3.7 magnitude earthquake that hit in the middle of the St. Lawrence River near Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at 8:12 a.m. The quake is not large enough to cause major damage, but can be felt.Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:16:00 +0200barrie-d4684fc23bc396db1fbabb5e78b000fb20190829151600https://www.japantimes.co.jp/weatherTorrential rain in southwestern Japan has left three people dead and one missing, while more than 1,900 people were staying at evacuation centers as of Thursday morning. A 96-year-old woman was found dead at a flooded house in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, early Thursday, a day after the rains caused f...Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:39:00 +0200japantimes-35f00774ae8b8b0ce88fdfc9875cfdc520190829133900http://kabar.kg/eng/news/3.5-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-kyrgyzstan/Bishkek, Aug.29, 2019. /Kabar/. An earthquake of 3.5 magnitude struck Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 29 at 07:49. According to the press service of the Institute of Seismology, the origin of this earthquake was located in 1 km to the N-E from Cholpon village, in 4 km to the N-W from Tuz village, in 6 km to the....Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:52:00 +0200kabar-68a3f0abff6fc600e1ada2b69dc349b320190829125200https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/08/29/news/hazard-maps-to-get-redesign-for-color-blind/TOKYO >> A government task force focused on earthquake research plans to redesign its hazard maps to make it easier for those with color blindness to identify risks. The maps use various colors to indicate the extent to which areas across the nation are susceptible to quakes, said Masahiro Nakade of....Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:32:00 +0200HonululuAdvertiser-ed83ab6385ca6ef131f2590a1b806cf020190829123200