800 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.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/50018The former Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, the man who was at the helm of the nation in one of its darkest hours, said the devastation of the 2009 tsunami made him a climate change activist. On the 29 th of September 2009, an 8.Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:22:00 +0200samoaobserver-d54d49401bb7427d2692c8a21a385c5620190923092200https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/49457A 4.9 magnitude earthquake rattled many Samoans who were inside their homes and offices on Saturday morning. The tremor was reportedly felt right across the country and it lasted less than a minute. According to the Samoa Meteorological Service's Facebook page, the earthquake was confirmed but....Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:43:00 +0200samoaobserver-46bdde1403e8bbfb8434c17e4d135ec420190914094300https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/09/13/breaking-news/no-tsunami-threat-to-hawaii-following-5-4-magnitude-tonga-earthquake/COURTESY PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake was reported in Tonga this afternoon. There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Tonga, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported this afternoon. The earthquake was centered 91 kilometers northeast of Hihifo, Tonga.Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:35:00 +0200HonululuAdvertiser-cd084f0af83645f2d371f8bfe7302b5120190914033500https://www.lanacion.com.py/mundo/2019/09/01/fuerte-terremoto-en-el-pacifico-entre-las-islas-fiyi-y-tonga/Sídney, Australia. AFP.- Un fuerte terremoto se produjo en medio del océano Pacífico, entre las islas Fiyi y Tonga, este lunes por la madrugada (hora local), pero no hay riesgo de tsunami, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). El sismo, cuyo epicentro se ubicó a 616 km de....Sun, 01 Sep 2019 21:48:00 +0200lanacion-PY-e85986679a3891ca4d2ac1efee972ca620190901214800