11990 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://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/rescue-work-continues-quake-hit-astore-amid-complaintsGILGIT: Rescue teams continued their operations in quake-hit areas of Astore district on Saturday following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake on Dec 30, according to the Gilgit Baltistan District Management Authority but there were complaints of sluggish pace of restoration work.Sun, 05 Jan 2020 06:24:00 +0100reliefWeb-d1de42473dc2b2adcfdfcb78f946e71220200105062400https://news.yahoo.com/california-blackouts-celeb-scandals-crooked-190150339.htmlThis photo provided by Adam Graehl shows food that fell from shelves on the floor at the Stater Bros. on China Lake Blvd., in Ridgecrest, Calif., Thursday, July 4, 2019. The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves....Fri, 03 Jan 2020 13:47:00 +0100news-yahoo-9728a416aa427ddb1823c46e5c86740520200103134700http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/01/03/2003728643The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) is to start building the nation’s first volcano alert system this year, Seismological Center Director Chen Kuo-chang (陳國昌) said yesterday. The Datun Volcano Group (大屯火山群) in northern Taiwan and Turtle Island (Guishan Island, 龜山島) off the coast in Yilan County are....Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:18:00 +0100taipeitimes-be16f8f57ecc0a4302f37ae60cd00a2920200102181800https://www.novinite.com/articles/202472/New+York+Times%3A+Bulgaria+is+not+Ready+for+a+Big+EarthquakeFrom Bucharest to Sofia and the Balkans, a number of governments have failed to address the risks of earthquake-prone buildings. This is what the New York Times found in an article entitled "The Lesson of an Albanian Earthquake : The Balkans Aren’t Ready for the Big One," BTA reported.Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:28:00 +0100novinite-94e2832fec94d10463d4f8332b2a23bc20200102172800