7710 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://en.antaranews.com/news/158501/bmkg-intensifies-mitigation-efforts-over-spike-in-natural-disasters. 25 minutes ago A virtual discussion on multiple hydrometeorological disasters, earthquakes, and tsunamis during 2020-2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has called to step up disaster mitigation efforts on account of a spike in the number of natural disasters in recent years.Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:38:00 +0200antaranews-en-1a69941513a2764f6508b3980dd1182b20201008123800https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/first-of-seasons-three-low-key-tsunami-mock-drills-held/article32786118.eceThe first of three proposed Indian Ocean wide tsunami exercises was taken up by the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) here on Tuesday, by simulating an earthquake followed by issuance of warning bulletins to 23 countries.Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:54:00 +0200thehindu-13bbe6e76e069ce7f7f4b5931f6e788c20201006205400https://en.antaranews.com/news/158197/earthquake-of-magnitude-51-hits-waikabubak-town-in-sumba-baratKupang, E Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck south of Waikabubak Town in Sumba Barat District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Monday at around 10:07 a.m. local time, though no tsunami warning was issued. The quake's epicenter was located some 19 kilometers away from south of....Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:15:00 +0200antaranews-en-89a70458974736abbb07220f1386715320201005111500https://www.bernama.com/en/general/news.php?id=1886494KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Rantau Sumba, Indonesia at 11.07 am, today. The Malaysian Meteorology Department in a statement, said the quake occurred about 186 kilometres (km) southeast of Bima, Indonesia, at a depth of 10 km. However, it posed no tsunami threat to Malaysia.Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:25:00 +0200bernama-58cf0ca3aff91d8526aafbe3e567e17a20201005062500