139420 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.pnas.org/content/early/2019/12/09/1916770116.short?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pnas-RssFeedOfEarlyEditionArticles+%28Early+Edition%29Significance. The 2016, moment magnitude 7.8, Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand’s South Island generated some of the most complex surface ruptures ever observed. However, the driving mechanism for such earthquake rupture complexity remains partly unclear.Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:36:00 +0100pnas-a74e929b19e366a4ce76759cc5705a1320191212033600https://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/12/11/its-time-consider-adding-category-6-hurricane-power-scale/2629980001/The point is that we already have had Cat 6 storms. Then, should the need arise for a Category 7, Category 6 storms could be capped at 199 mph, with Category 7 starting at 200 mph. Let’s hope that isn’t necessary, although in 2015 Hurricane Patricia off the west coast of Mexico hit an astounding 215....Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:44:00 +0100tcpalm-0f4f94409e28dbff37ae72ba189f247520191211174400http://www.ekathimerini.com/247422/article/ekathimerini/news/moderate-quake-shakes-kea-islandTAGS: Earthquake Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 4.1 has struck the Aegean island of Kea (Tzia) but no injuries or damage has been reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the earthquake occurred at 4.29 a.m. local time on Wednesday about 34 kilometers west of the island and at a depth of 144 kilometers.Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:48:00 +0100kathimerini-en-3ed517db4d1cd7785f3319a13cd925a920191211104800http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2019-12/11/content_75502247.htmBEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following is a list of major shows, concerts, exhibitions and events in China for Thursday: -- Opera "Resurrection" Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Beijing Theater. Based on renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection", the opera stars Chinese soprano Song....Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:47:00 +0100china.org.cn-9af631a4297b2055e14b0d02f4e7bcbd20191211074700