12700 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.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/05/Report-Japanese-utility-executives-turned-blind-eye-to-tsunami-risk/9171609869435/Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Executives at Tokyo Electric Power downplayed the risks of a deadly tsunami before the Fukushima Daiichi plant was crippled by meltdowns in the wake of a magnitude-9 earthquake in 2011, according to a Japanese press report. The Asahi Shimbun reported Tuesday a former TEPCO employee....Tue, 05 Jan 2021 20:19:00 +0100upi-1835039e54b145be829e2dd2462c1e3f20210105201900https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1379482/china-volcano-yellowstone-erupt-mount-paektu-north-korea-changbai-mountain-sptThe series said: “Most of the active volcanoes in the Pacific run along clearly visible lines, like a string of pearls, and it becomes clear why when you lay a map of tectonic plates over the top. “Almost all volcanoes are found along plate boundaries, more specifically along subduction zones.Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:17:00 +0100express-dbdafab35a39eb12680147eae6c44dcc20210104171700https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/118214/Magnitude-51-earthquake-strikes-near-Okinawa-Okinawa-Shi-Japan.html5.1 quake 3 Jan 3:42 pm (GMT +9) The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Japan near Okinawa, Okinawa Shi, only 18 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Sunday 3 January 2021 at 3:42 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:29:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-7a9ff6828997c777648daaaad8c6f76320210103082900https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/424541/japan-magnitude-51-offshore-earthquake-occurs-near-okinawa-at-around-1424-jan-3Magnitude-5.1 offshore earthquake occurs near Okinawa at around 1424 Jan. 3. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:28:00 +0100garda-com-53a6a316c82134df4ade1e9fa9a1632320210103082800