3820 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.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/kalgoorlie-boulder-hit-by-3-1-magnitude-earthquake/12596350Geoscience Australia says a magnitude 3.1 earthquake that struck near the West Australian mining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder this morning was "shallow" in geological terms, but "violent" enough to jolt residents from their sleep. Key points: A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Kalgoorlie-Boulder about 3.Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:09:00 +0200abc-au-0c7754b7be671cf1d10ae34646b7570720200826030900https://www.lanacion.com.py/mundo/2020/08/24/fuerte-temblor-sacude-costa-rica-sin-que-se-reporten-danos/La revista Science publicó un análisis sobre cómo el confinamiento a raíz de la pandemia por coronavirus, llevó a una reducción de hasta un 50% en el ruido sísmico en el planeta, desde marzo hasta mayo. Los científicos involucrados en el estudio informaron que el período silencioso de ruido sísmico....Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:44:00 +0200lanacion-PY-23170ded06e173e9554e5e3f76e38bad20200825014400https://news.yahoo.com/california-fire-fire-whirls-fire-144555292.htmlFire tornadoes may seem appropriately apocalyptic, given a year full of terrifying events. The fire tornado, or “extreme fire activity,” brought on by the Loyalton Fire in Northern California, blazed through nearly 50,000 acres of land. After a difficult battle, the blaze is now Heath Hockenberry,....Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:12:00 +0200news-yahoo-3a2078f6927ef3b5e79c7ed6df785d1420200824201200https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/20/california-wildfires-what-fire-tornado-fire-whirl-fire-cloud/5614981002/Fire tornadoes may seem appropriately apocalyptic, given a year full of terrifying events. The fire tornado, or “extreme fire activity,” brought on by the Loyalton Fire in Northern California, blazed through nearly 50,000 acres of land. After a difficult battle, the blaze is now The Loyalton Fire....Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:09:00 +0200azcentral-fec4a862b1b337c7f9ed5c5b8d1ef84b20200824170900