344610 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://reliefweb.int/map/philippines/philippines-18-august-2020-mw-66-masbate-earthquakeForeshock-Mainshock-Aftershock Sequence of the 18 August 2020 Mw 6.6 Masbate Earthquake. A strong earthquake with a magnitude (Mw) 6.6 struck Masbate at 8:03 AM Philippine Standard Time (PST) of 18 August 2020. The hypocenter was located 7 km S29E of Cataingan, Masbate with a depth of 21 kilometers.Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:45:00 +0200reliefWeb-28693eaaf227c3034e82f511d786839c20200820064500https://reliefweb.int/map/philippines/philippines-18-august-2020-m66-masbate-earthquake-coulomb-stress-changeCoulomb Stress Change Model of the 18 August 2020 Mw 6.6 Masbate Earthquake. The stress change model of the 18 August 2020 Masbate earthquake was calculated from the source fault that was defined using seismicity data. The result shows a NW-SE pattern of increase in stress (red shade) at 10 km depth, parallel to the strike of the fault.Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:45:00 +0200reliefWeb-ab139297c9222dc7ff799b43fdb3c89b20200820064500https://in.news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-jolts-philippines-damage-072100703.htmlDebris is scattered at a house after a quake struck in Cataingan, Masbate province, central Philippines. A powerful and shallow earthquake struck a central Philippine prompting people to dash out of homes and offices but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:35:00 +0200news-yahoo-in-0a12786c2e2e1249d105f6829778556120200820063500https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1324606/quake-hit-masbate-town-may-realign-budget-for-disaster-response-says-dilgMANILA, Philippines — The Cataingan, Masbate government may realign items in its budget to augment its funding for relief operations after the town was hit by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake amid the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday.Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:45:00 +0200inquirer-693077bd38f038fb9e0c66d4d2e614d420200820054500