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.samoanews.com/linking-samoans/local-engineer-Natalia-Palamo-profiled-her-universityAuckland, NEW ZEALAND — For the past four years, Natalia Palamo has been Senior Engineer at the Department of Port Administration in American Samoa, with responsibility for airport and seaport projects. Prior to this, she worked for Beca Group on airport pavements, storm water and inspections and....Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:58:00 +0100samoanews-79496b6098db42f1a61fa73ef11c74c5samoanewsen-36.9041 174.76NaturalDisastersEngineering SchoolAuckland Airport20201128205800https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/74845The Prime Minister tabled the Meteorology Geosciences and Ozone Bill 2020 in Parliament this week but his advocacy for a little-known system for measuring earthquakes' intensity went largely unnoticed. Unlike the generally accepted Richter Scale, which measures an earthquake based on magnitude the....Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:02:00 +0100samoaobserver-007db0b5e00d4b4aa268bf187e4a9e5asamoaobserveren35.881944 -84.811111EnvironmentNaturalDisastersUnited States Geological SurveyFrank NeumannGregory Moore20201120210200https://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-c13a05930444fd492818f422064d0839samoaobserveren-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285EnvironmentNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidMet ServiceMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment20201116062600https://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-af85a8f2ba6cdb7b17e82742646c2540samoaobserveren-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285NaturalDisastersUniversity of Otago20201111192400https://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-29cba237148e450b575fea9d9a38dce9samoanewsen-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285NaturalDisastersUnited States Geological SurveyEuropean-Mediterranean Seismological Centre20201107205100https://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-a1976ef4d96e2bdcb7fd14179dd54f72samoaobserveren-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285NaturalDisastersUnited States Geological SurveyKeni LesaEuropean-Mediterranean Seismological Centre20201107111000https://repeatingislands.com/2020/11/04/delivering-a-safer-ocean-in-the-caribbean/UNESCO and the European Commission just completed a major project to strengthen capacities to detect and respond to tsunamis and other coastal hazards in seven Caribbean countries. Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and in Trinidad and Tobago have recently....Thu, 05 Nov 2020 04:47:00 +0100repeatingislands-25595607da10c9a3f2a2c78410383dc6repeatingislandsen13.0935 -59.6105CrisisResponseECnewsRegionalPolicyEnvironmentUNbodiesNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAidEU-CaribbeanEU-PacificEU-LatinAmericaMichelle ForbesUnited NationsUNESCOIntergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionOECSEuropean CommissionCaribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency20201105044700https://indiaeducationdiary.in/delivering-a-safer-ocean-in-the-caribbean/Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and in Trinidad and Tobago have recently been recognized as “Tsunami Ready” at the end of a two-year tsunami early-warning and preparedness project funded by the European Commission and implemented by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:09:00 +0100indiaeducationdiary-48a27bca99acc70860740f1befe0a4abindiaeducationdiaryen13.0935 -59.6105CrisisResponseECnewsRegionalPolicyEnvironmentUNbodiesNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAidEU-CaribbeanEU-PacificEU-LatinAmericaMichelle ForbesUNESCOIntergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionOECSEuropean CommissionCaribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency20201104200900https://en.unesco.org/news/delivering-safer-ocean-caribbeanCommunities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and in Trinidad and Tobago have recently been recognized as “Tsunami Ready” at the end of a two-year tsunami early-warning and preparedness project funded by the European Commission and implemented by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:53:00 +0100unesco-48a27bca99acc70860740f1befe0a4abunescoen13.0935 -59.6105NaturalDisastersECnewsRegionalPolicyEnvironmentUNbodiesHumanitarianAidCrisisResponseEU-CaribbeanEU-PacificEU-LatinAmericaMichelle ForbesUNESCOIntergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionOECSEuropean CommissionCaribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency20201104145300