295140 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://nypost.com/2019/12/18/california-earthquake-warning-app-sends-1st-public-alert/LOS ANGELES — California’s new earthquake early warning cellphone app issued its first public alert when a modest tremor occurred this week in a rural area of the state, a newspaper reported. MyShake app project manager Jennifer Strauss said more than 40 people received the warning when a 4.Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:37:00 +0100nypost-210ee65a88d03e7b2bdfe8ee11184adb20191218223700https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/12/emu-police-officer-halts-albanian-vacation-to-aid-earthquake-victims.htmlBy Samuel Dodge | sdodge@mlive.com YPSILANTI, MI - On Nov. 26, Qani Toro was eight days away from an unannounced vacation to surprise family in Albania. He received a call from his mother Luljeta at 9:54 p.m., or 3:54 a.m. on the Balkan Peninsula. Her tone was frantic, said Toro, a criminal....Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:23:00 +0100mlive-a1916e4cb25e2fee462952ea0bc4222920191218222300https://www.live5news.com/2019/12/18/report-scs-lowcountry-charleston-faces-high-risk-earthquake-damage/CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A new report shows the Lowcountry is one of the only areas along the East Coast at high risk for damage from earthquakes. According to the US Geological Survey’s earthquake prediction model , Charleston is ground zero for a potential disaster comparable to shaking in California.Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:21:00 +0100live5news-3406cf4a0fe9963a301d4b16c37a581920191218222100https://www.enn.com/articles/61395-submarine-cables-to-offshore-wind-farms-transformed-into-a-seismic-networkAn international team of geoscientists led by Caltech has used fiber optic communications cables stationed at the bottom of the North Sea as a giant seismic network, tracking both earthquakes and ocean waves. An international team of geoscientists led by Caltech has used fiber optic communications....Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:29:00 +0100enn-222db2f97a8825cef9bafd27884ce72c20191218202900