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-771696791d4ba71d3b66c87789d0603feastbaytimesen37.944 23.6529NaturalDisasters20191025200300http://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-058ef1c512bc7d22656ee823bc1e8b03kathimerini-enen37.944 23.6529NaturalDisastersAristotle UniversityAristotle University of ThessalonikiNews Agency20191022170200https://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-48ac614e7b21aef2439ab4f756bf2ca4trendnews-azen41.7218 44.7831NaturalDisastersNASA20191019104700https://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-f1b2cacb06622887841fe2bcbdcb79aadailymailen37.944 23.6529NaturalDisastersBiotechnologyBronze AgeHarvard Medical SchoolBritish SchoolMax PlanckMax Planck Institute20191017224400https://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 identified as coming from a natural disaster was likely instead the result of Minoan resistance to the influence of 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 17:53:00 +0200dailymail-cfa2d9e514962f301b22675e9cd5ef4cdailymailen37.944 23.6529NaturalDisastersBiotechnologyBronze AgeHarvard Medical SchoolBritish SchoolMax PlanckMax Planck Institute20191017175300http://www.ekathimerini.com/246524/article/ekathimerini/news/kos-to-hold-tsunami-drill-on-nov-19The European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC), emergency services and the local community on the eastern Aegean island of Kos will hold a tsunami drill next Tuesday morning (Nov. 19), the Commission announced last Friday. Kos was hit by a destructive 6.6 magnitude earthquake on July 20, 2017,which killed two tourists and injured dozens.Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:26:00 +0100kathimerini-en-a9fed8381282bbe71303a18e32d75a63kathimerini-enen36.89748 27.286249ResearchECnewsNaturalDisastersRed CrossEUEuropean Commission20191115222600