16220 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.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/04/04/49-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-Southern-California/5891586018021/April 4 (UPI) -- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks has rattled several Southern California desert communities, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Friday night about 10 miles east-southeast of Anza in Riverside County, the USGS said . Aftershocks measured 3.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 20:15:00 +0200upi-1e364d101f81c374e9b25ad43ce5fd8c20200404201500https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-travel-nightmare-blur-cancelled-090026918.htmlWASHINGTON – Before sunrise on Tuesday, Candace Kaiser and her friends hurried out of their Airbnb and crammed into a van destined for the Cusco airport. It was 5:15 a.m., and Peru's curfew – imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic – had just lifted. The group of American travelers had a special....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:52:00 +0200news-yahoo-83ca354611f3deb140ab587af7ae258220200404195200https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1264958/US-USGS-San-Andreas-fault-line-earthquake-California-Big-One-Yellowstone-newsCalifornia suffered a huge 4.9-magnitude earthquake last night, sending strong volts across the US amid fears of an even bigger imminent mega-quake. The earthquake hit 11 miles out of its nearest town Anza, and about 22 miles south of Palm Springs. More than a hundred quakes were recorded by the US....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 15:33:00 +0200express-455085b851991fd9aba7933039a90c4020200404153300https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/04/coronavirus-one-stranded-us-travelers-nightmare-trying-get-home/5113352002/More than 30,000 Americans used State Department for help home. The State Department and American embassies around the world have been flooded with pleas for help. As of April 3, the agency had helped more than 37,000 stranded Americans return home from over 60 countries, according to Ian Brownlee,....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:08:00 +0200azcentral-84eaed5bd5f91ce9d2d7a6bbe4713d6820200404120800