13740 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.zmescience.com/science/scientists-report-unusual-seismic-activity-in-antarctica-over-30000-tremors/More than 30,000 tremors have occurred since the end of August in the Antarctic peninsula, according to a report from the National Seismological Center of Chile. The researchers linked them to the movement of tectonic plates but said the number was unusual and could in fact even be larger. Image credit: Flickr / Tak.Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:05:00 +0100zmescience-4f0b02af230ec9b48202af2a1e13abfe20201217200500https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/116574/Magnitude-31-earthquake-strikes-near-Mina-United-States.html3.1 quake 15 mi south of Mina, Nevada, USA, 17 Dec 1:31 am (GMT -8) The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 3.1 quake in the United States near Mina, Mineral County, Nevada, only 11 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Thursday 17 December 2020 at 1:31 am local time at a shallow depth of 7.Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:58:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-b532c5194ac6d230369adc25b935f1db20201217105800https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2020/12/17/quake-jolts-davao-occ-town/No major damage was reported following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Sarangani town in Davao Occidental on Wednesday morning. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson Mark Timbal said assessment was ongoing as of press time.Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:20:00 +0100tribuneonline-a5ee6631286e777eb0f00ac6818e176420201216202000https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-earthquake-gdacs-media-usgs-echo-daily-flash-15-december-2020Country: Philippines Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations On 15 December at 23.21 UTC, an 6.1 M earthquake at a depth of 27 km occurred offshore close to the southern coast of Mindanao Island.Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:50:00 +0100reliefWeb-4e03fc942d1d01a099d3c42073b4657720201216165000