332430GDACS 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 California earthquake: San Francisco hit by 4.5 earthquake - Threat of BIGGER quake rises? CALIFORNIA was struck by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake on Monday night, and now...https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1190869/California-earthquake-today-san-Francisco-ring-of-fire-California-big-one-USGSOn Monday at 10.33pm local time, an earthquake was felt in the San Francisco Bay Area. The epicentre was located in the Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek areas, with many residents reporting feeling tremors. Across Pleasant Hill, Concord and Walnut Creek, the magnitude-4.5 quake triggered moderate shaking.Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:25:00 +0200express-21a1ef742ef505d38183fa1919c05fdd20191016092500Tonga: Tsunami 24/7 watchkeepers undergo Competency Training at the Met Officehttps://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/tsunami-247-watchkeepers-undergo-competency-training-met-officeDuring the opening of the training event, the Director of the Tonga Meteorological Service had this to say; “The tsunami risk for Tonga is considered extreme due to its closeness to the tectonic plate boundary (Trench Trench). Earthquakes occurring on the Tonga Trench can cause destructive tsunamis....Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:43:00 +0200reliefWeb-bd44c7336960324f651a372b46d8b34520191016084300A symbol of Japan's reconstruction: Ex-pilots reminisce about drawing Olympic rings in sky at 1964 Tokyo Gameshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/16/national/history/olympics-1964-tokyo-2020/YOKOHAMA – Two former pilots from the Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse team, which drew Olympic rings in the sky with colored smoke at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, still remember their preflight nerves even after 55 years.Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:31:00 +0200japantimes-bb22e75b521af8f54c6c6cdc06de056920191016073100Tifón cobra la vida de 73 personas en Japónhttps://www.elmanana.com/tifon-cobra-la-vida-de-73-personas-en-japon-asia-fenomenos-naturales-desastre/4940297Tokio, Japón.- El gobierno de Japón está tomando todas las medidas necesarias para enfrentar la catástrofe que dejó a su paso el tifón Hagibis, entre unos 73 muertos, desaparecidos, damnificados y daños incalculables. El primer ministro japonés, Shinzo Abe, dijo que el gobierno usará fondos de....Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:12:00 +0200elmanana-6855bce307260b76699141c2da5d9a0220191016071200