1300 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.eastbaytimes.com/2019/10/25/video-did-strange-insect-activity-foreshadow-recent-pleasant-hill-quake/DEAR JOAN: Our house in the El Dorado Park neighborhood of Walnut Creek has a small tributary of Grayson Creek running through the southeast border of the property. We are also less than a mile from the epicenter of the recent 4.5 earthquake in Pleasant Hill. Minutes before the earthquake at 10:19 p.Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:03:00 +0200eastbaytimes-771696791d4ba71d3b66c87789d0603f20191025200300http://www.ekathimerini.com/245737/article/ekathimerini/news/minor-quake-jolts-mount-athos-in-northern-greeceTAGS: Earthquake A light earthquake was recorded early on Tuesday in the area of Mount Athos, in northern Greece. According to the Seismological Station of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the tremor measured 3.3 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was 7-8 km south-east of Ierissos, at a depth of 10 kilometers.Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:02:00 +0200kathimerini-en-058ef1c512bc7d22656ee823bc1e8b0320191022170200https://en.trend.az/scaucasus/georgia/3135775.htmlBaku, Azerbaijan, October 19. By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend: NASA has provided Georgian scientists with unique data, according to which a powerful quake threatens Tbilisi, said Georgian professor Anzor Sakandelidze, Trend reports via Georgian media outlets.Sat, 19 Oct 2019 10:47:00 +0200trendnews-az-48ac614e7b21aef2439ab4f756bf2ca420191019104700https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7584085/Europes-civilisation-Minoans-NOT-wiped-natural-disaster.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490The debris previously thought to have come from a natural disaster may actualy have been from battle between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans. The Minoan civilisation — given this name retrospectively in a nod to their legendary King Minos, of Minotaur fame — was notable for its elaborate architecture.Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:44:00 +0200dailymail-f1b2cacb06622887841fe2bcbdcb79aa20191017224400