4510 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://scitechdaily.com/devils-staircases-timing-of-large-earthquakes-follows-mathematical-pattern/At the regional level and worldwide, the occurrence of large shallow earthquakes appears to follow a mathematical pattern called the Devil’s Staircase, where clusters of earthquake events are separated by long but irregular intervals of seismic quiet. The finding published in the Bulletin of the....Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:34:00 +0200scitechdaily-362feccacc463c59b2f1147026de453320200416193400https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/clusters-of-earthquakes-occur-in-devils-staircase-pattern/ar-BB12GAwx© Provided by The Independent. Large shallow earthquakes appear to follow a mathematical pattern known as the “Devil’s Staircase”, according to a new study, where clusters are spaced out in long but irregular intervals of inactivity. The finding differs from classical models which suggest....Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:16:00 +0200msn-uk-1b6b2a088027cac8754b3568672b103220200416071600https://www.news.com.au/national/magnitude-48-earthquake-felt-on-north-qld-coast/video/abdb97d24c3c6cd984e42b9eeb5db38aTremors have been felt along the North Queensland coast after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bowen. Geoscience Australia recorded people as far north as Townsville reporting tremors. Shortly after the incident, the Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat to Australia.Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:54:00 +0200news_com_au-72e16e95e177247bc2bf0c71e073250720200415235400https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/minor-earthquake-rattles-north-queensland-coast-20200415-p54k6i.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_nationalA minor earthquake centred off the north Queensland coast has rattled the region but poses no tsunami threat, the weather bureau assures. The 4.8-magnitude quake was recorded by Geoscience Australia off the coast of Bowen about 5.10pm on Wednesday, at a depth of five kilometres. The epicentre of the 4.Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:30:00 +0200smh-26fc9ba22048f5b0ca66f25ad990385e20200415173000