161210 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 http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2019-12/18/content_75526576.htmCHENGDU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen people were injured including five in critical condition as of 7 p.m. after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Zizhong County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday morning. All the injured have been sent to the hospital, and search and rescue operations....Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:24:00 +0100china.org.cn-8097cb21cabaf5d2f5bc8720b8abe54e20191218152400http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/18/c_138640938.htmCHENGDU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen people were injured including five in critical condition as of 7 p.m. after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Zizhong County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday morning. All the injured have been sent to the hospital, and search and rescue operations....Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:54:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-2b53040fbdcc96155e4faa02bfc7c97e20191218145400https://www.news.com.au/national/children-dive-under-classroom-desks-as-earthquake-hits-sichuan/video/d76f45f74e1055b92011f7821136aa39An earthquake in Sichuan, southwestern China, sent children scrambling under their desks at Fengxiang Middle School on December 18. The 5.2-magnitude quake occurred at a depth of 14 kilometers in Zizhong County, official media of the Chinese Communist Party reported.Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:51:00 +0100news_com_au-e454bbf9ba2c60eb9f4d419a8583cd0f20191218145100https://www.tert.am/en/news/2019/12/18/earthquake-in-china/3167561Five people were injured as of 10 am after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Zizhong County in Neijiang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 8:14 a.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, Xinhua News Agency reports, citing local authorities. Teams of medical staff and firefighters have been dispatched to carry out rescue operations.Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:23:00 +0100tert-a5517271c7259aedad942df4cfb63f2d20191218102300