12240 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.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6022954/mag5quake-Dec-14-2020-New-Zealand.html: In the afternoon of 17 Oct, a particularly violent explosion occurred at Anak Krakatau, blasting away a portion of the southern crater rim. A similar event might have been the final trigger for the catastrophic landslide that let the cone collapse and cause a devastating tsunami on 22 Dec 2018.Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:06:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-639b38a830c51cdf4b5fc3afc6e4f8e620201214200600https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1372278/mount-etna-eruption-Sicily-volcano-is-etna-still-erupting-evgMount Etna erupted at 9.20pm local time (8.20pm GMT) yesterday in the wake of a magnitude 2.7 earthquake. This earthquake was among 17 recorded in the area over the weekend, although it has not been confirmed whether the pair are linked. Mount Etna’s crater reportedly produced 100m-tall lava fountains on Sunday evening.Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:16:00 +0100express-fe2502528ae088877750a0d2d4ab50f020201214121600https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13468703/mount-etna-sicily-plumes-ash-spewing-lava/MOUNT Etna has erupted in Sicily sending plumes of dense ash and spewing lava fountains into the sky. The Italian volcano is Europe's largest and Etna's frequent blasts are often accompanied by large lava flows. Mt Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, erupted last night - sending plumes of ash into the sky.Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:07:00 +0100thesun-c6de19881c11dae4cbdd1e5b2b4af1e920201214120700https://nailalakai.fijitimes.com/5-5-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-ono-i-lau/The map showing the epicentre of the 5.5 magnitude earthquake that was recorded in Ono-i-Lau region. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 5.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Ono-i-Lau region this afternoon. The seismic activity that occurred at 1:57pm was recorded 397km SouthWest from Doi village,....Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:14:00 +0100fijitimes-bee7d3e5d237a6240c22052406d370b420201214041400