33780 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.syracuse.com/us-news/2020/08/51-magnitude-earthquake-in-north-carolina-rattles-residents-causes-minor-damage.htmlVarious items litter the floor of the 4 Brothers Store in Sparta, N.C. after an earthquake shook much of North Carolina early Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Michael Hull via AP By The Associated Press Sparta, N.C. — The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the....Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:53:00 +0200syracuse-0303f708ab9c84e1d7554f747192632020200810115300https://indianexpress.com/article/world/5-1-magnitude-quake-hits-north-carolina-causes-minor-damage-6548390/Various items litter the floor of the 4 Brothers Store in Sparta, N.C. after an earthquake shook much of North Carolina early Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (Michael Hull via AP) The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the state early Sunday, rattling homes, businesses and residents.Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:00 +0200expressindia-0b950a6dedfddcc24e145aa0aeced75f20200810104800https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/nc-earthquake.htmlAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 that struck North Carolina near its border with Virginia on Sunday morning was the area’s largest in over a century, the said. The earthquake struck around two miles southeast of Sparta, N.C., a town about 100 miles north of Charlotte, shortly after 8 a.Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:32:00 +0200google-top-stories-d999c09056b6ab5a957ca5f1b2139f0d20200810103200https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-north-carolina-today-sparta-usgs-2020-08-09/A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck North Carolina near the Virginia border on Sunday, with shaking felt as far away as Tennessee and South Carolina. It's the largest quake to hit the state since 1916, the The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was 2.5 miles southeast of Sparta, North Carolina, at a depth of about 2.Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:16:00 +0200google-top-stories-innovatie-383d2e5c02195cdafdc8559ac568326320200810101600