1010 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.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/74540A bill establishing new, faster warning systems for earthquakes, cyclones and other natural disasters will be tabled before Parliament on Tuesday. Members of the Samoa Meteorological Service appeared before Members of Parliament on Monday during their Parliament Pre-Sitting, to speak about the bill....Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:26:00 +0100samoaobserver-c13a05930444fd492818f422064d083920201116062600https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/74292It is normal for Samoa to experience two to three earthquakes per month. So says Seismologist and the Samoa Meteorology Division Acting Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Fuimaono Lameko Talia. Responding to questions from the Samoa Observer, Fuimaono said that based on a presentation he did....Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:24:00 +0100samoaobserver-af85a8f2ba6cdb7b17e82742646c254020201111192400https://www.samoanews.com/earthquake-overnight-samoa-region-does-not-generate-tsunamiPago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was felt overnight in Samoa near the village of Hihifo. The earthquake hit late at night on Saturday 7 November 2020 at 10.27 pm local Samoa time at a shallow depth of 10 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be....Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:51:00 +0100samoanews-29cba237148e450b575fea9d9a38dce920201107205100https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/74091A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Samoa late on Saturday evening; alarming residents and waking them back up near midnight. The quake struck at 11.27 pm Samoan time and it lasted for over 30 seconds. There was the first initial strike and then it was sustained for what some frightened residents said felt like eternity.Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:10:00 +0100samoaobserver-a1976ef4d96e2bdcb7fd14179dd54f7220201107111000