453450GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Earthquake hits southwest China; 1 deadhttps://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/earthquake-hits-southwest-china-1-dead/news-story/dd0150789cf7271ef50db00e45c48688?nk=20f2c106355f6b31e91ab21a9baabd37-1567950643A moderate earthquake struck China's mountainous southwest on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 63. The magnitude 5.4 quake struck Neijiang, a city in Sichuan province, at 6:42 am, the government earthquake monitor reported. At least 132 houses collapsed and more than 5,000 were damaged, according to a city government statement.Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:50:00 +0200couriermail-37370ba1cf94bf20101df3d6367b7c4e20190908155000With backing of opposition parties, Takuya Tasso wins fourth term in Iwate gubernatorial electionhttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/08/national/politics-diplomacy/backing-opposition-parties-takuya-tasso-wins-fourth-term-iwate-gubernatorial-election/. Kyodo. MORIOKA, IWATE PREF. – Takuya Tasso, supported by four opposition parties, on Sunday won a fourth term in the Iwate gubernatorial election, defeating a challenger backed by the major ruling party led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The focus of the first gubernatorial race in the prefecture....Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:44:00 +0200japantimes-f2082e9d746389029ac277e134f64cf2201909081544004.4-mag. earthquake strikes Hara forests, Qeshmhttps://en.mehrnews.com/news/149852/4-4-mag-earthquake-strikes-Hara-forests-QeshmTEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – A 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Hara forests, southern Qeshm Island at 15:23 P.M. on Sunday. Its epicenter was at the depth of 18.0 km, 55.68 degrees longitude and 26.68 degrees latitude at the border of Hara forests, the Persian Gulf and Qeshm Island.Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:41:00 +0200mehrnews-en-5fcd99ea32b3023c0812e8b81c19c85b20190908154100Why the Blanco Fault Zone Earthquake Is Fun, Not Fearsomehttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/why-the-blanco-fault-zone-earthquake-is-fun-not-fearsome/It's as certain as sunrise: the moment there's a sizeable earthquake anywhere near the Cascadia subduction zone, nearly everyone starts wondering if it means The Big One is next. The M6.3 earthquake that struck on the Blanco Fault Zone on Thursday, August 29th was no different.Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:28:00 +0200scientificamerican-7973f6477cc2b8d22ec4df4fb97a00f420190908152800