14180 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/2020/05/20/On-This-Day-German-troops-reach-English-Channel-in-WWII/5531589224187/On this date in history: In 526, up to 300,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Syria and Antioch. In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were granted a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from New York in his single-engine monoplane, "The Spirit of St.Wed, 20 May 2020 09:48:00 +0200upi-306044fece762c74e8ba89a1dea33b5f20200520094800https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/state/small-earthquake-strikes-overnight-off-oregon-coast/article_adadd02d-e330-58b9-a3b8-8f8b159af999.htmlIn this March 11, 2011, file photo, boats and docks float in disarray at the harbor in Brookings after surges from a tsunami sheared off pilings and crumpled docks. Up and down the coast of the Pacific Northwest in the United States, communities have been intensifying their efforts to protect lives....Wed, 20 May 2020 05:25:00 +0200bendbulletin-51a8b2af211ed43e6095a3437ce4aa7620200520052500https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/earthquake-felt-near-hamburgHAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) — An earthquake was felt near Hamburg Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS reports a 2.3 magnitude earthquake hit about a half mile from the Wanakah area. There are no reports of any damage at this time. We will have more on this as it becomes available.Wed, 20 May 2020 00:16:00 +0200wkbw-42affdc46b9cb7504bac23e082a8be1c20200520001600https://www.telesurtv.net/news/china-sismo-magnitud-cinco-saldo-cuatro-muertos-20200519-0002.htmlpor Itzamná Ollantay El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (EE. UU.) mencionó que siete horas después, a las 20:36 GMT, ocurrió una réplica del sismo en la misma zona de magnitud 4.5. EQ-20200519-70908-CHN - Earthquake - China - Asia https://t.co/LMktdx2ncw - A magnitude 5 earthquake in....Tue, 19 May 2020 08:24:00 +0200telesurtv-56a605833cca73bb1c07217eb9c9362020200519082400