243100 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.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/16/editorials/learned-enough-1995-kobe-quake/A quarter century after the Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated the port city of Kobe and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995, are we better prepared to defend against major disasters? Over the past 25 years, Japan has been hit by a string of big earthquakes, including the 2011 Great East Japan....Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:51:00 +0100japantimes-9d2a0bd2d2d0664bf8091671ec1a633a20200116115100https://www.wptv.com/news/national/earthquake-activity-will-likely-decrease-in-puerto-rico-but-chance-remains-for-another-strong-quakeOn Monday, scientists at the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) released the latest earthquake forecast for Puerto Rico. While the most likely scenario shows decreased activity, there is still a chance of another major earthquake striking in the next seven days.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:48:00 +0100wptv-715f13411fd50331587010fd8b9ea4c420200115154800https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/even-the-bees-are-fleeing-their-homes-in-quake-hit-puerto-rico-40627307They have also disrupted beekeepers' normal feeding of hives during winter months as farmers recover from quakes that collapsed hundreds of homes and caused at least one death. Thousands of Puerto Ricans are sleeping outdoors, fearful their houses could collapse in another big aftershock.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:04:00 +0100iol-7c834091000c3f92fdbcc3f9b87a80b420200115130400https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/15/20/phivolcs-taals-main-crater-drained-of-water-as-new-fissures-foundResponders search for surviving animals left behind on Taal Volcano Island on January 14, 2020. On Wednesday, the Phivolcs said it is waiting for the new sulfur dioxide measurements to see if it has spiked, which would mean that magma is coming up to the surface. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:33:00 +0100abs-cbnnews-2ac6bf549f7e6d6cc65435e5d8003b2120200115123300