1400 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.newsweek.com/major-magnitude-7-5-earthquake-russia-kuril-islands-1494120A 7.5 magnitude earthquake has been recorded beneath the northern Pacific Ocean near Russia's Kuril Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS.) The quake struck at 2:49 a.m. UTC on Wednesday (10:49 p.m. ET Tuesday) at a depth of around 37 miles, USGS data shows.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:49:00 +0100google-top-stories-987069bd5089dc955106015c2a91c7bb20200325204900https://www.newsweek.com/major-magnitude-7-5-earthquake-russia-kuril-islands-1494120A 7.5 magnitude earthquake has been recorded beneath the northern Pacific Ocean near Russia's Kuril Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS.) The quake struck at 2:49 a.m. UTC on Wednesday (10:49 p.m. ET Tuesday) at a depth of around 37 miles, USGS data shows.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:48:00 +0100google-top-stories-innovatie-987069bd5089dc955106015c2a91c7bb20200325194800https://www.vtv.gob.ve/tsunami-terremoto-magnitud-7-5-costa-pacifica-rusia/Un terremoto de magnitud entre 7.2 y 7.5 golpeó este miércoles la costa pacífica de Rusia , que generó daños materiales y una alerta de tsunami en la zona comprendida entre las islas Kuriles y la península de Kamchatka. El Servicio Geofísico de la Academia de Ciencias de Rusia informó que el sismo fue de magnitud 7.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:53:00 +0100vtv-453f231616f57cdfa525fa686d73c53820200325185300https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11249280/russian-earthquake-tsunami/A 7.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake has sparked tsunami warnings in eastern Russia as terrified locals said boats 'jumped' out of water and buildings shook. Video shows how furniture was seen shaking in offices and apartments as locals scrambled to leave buildings and shopping malls on Russia’s Pacific coastline.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:14:00 +0100thesun-0d4c858fecac55390729796a4bc1895120200325131400