187130 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bit-of-a-jolt-as-magnitude-45-earthquake-rattles-lower-north-island/6CCAZJ5JXWLMXZZ436DEJ5MPWU/A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 30 kilometres northwest of Levin at 2.04pm, according to GeoNet. Image / GeoNet The lower North Island has been rattled by a light earthquake with thousands reporting feeling a "bit of a jolt". A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 30km northwest of Levin at 2.04pm, according to GeoNet.Sat, 24 Oct 2020 04:14:00 +0200nzherald-3031889e73b932bd1d21d7d15266387720201024041400https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/earthquake-strikes-outside-levin-shaking-wellington.htmlWellington has been rattled by a 4.6 magnitude quake striking at 30km deep. The quake struck just after 2pm on Saturday with more than 3000 people reporting they felt it within minutes. Hitting 30km north-west of Levin the earthquake rattled the city, with 260 people describing the shaking as "moderate".Sat, 24 Oct 2020 03:31:00 +0200newshub-64834bbdd752270f52c228b4df64c51b20201024033100https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/orangetown/news/did-you-feel-it-22-magnitude-earthquake-reported-in-hudson-valley/796551/Some in the Hudson Valley were caught by surprise when there was a rare and unexpected earthquake in the area. Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, there was a 2.2 magnitude earthquake in Merritt Park reported near Fishkill in Dutchess County, according to officials.Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:32:00 +0200dailyvoice-orangetown-d84be26e97846aefad151dcef74740ef20201023173200https://www.livescience.com/earthquake-fault-near-portland.htmlA fault near Portland, Oregon, has the capacity to cause strong shaking in the region — and has done so as recently as 1,000 years ago. New research into the Gales Creek fault, which lies 22 miles (35 kilometers) west of Portland, reveals that earthquakes on the fault have ruptured the surface three times in the last 9,000 years.Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:59:00 +0200google-top-stories-4316d70a6ba82d2bbbc514b1ca47adf520201023165900