1400 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.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/pacific-beat/13127958On the program today: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake near New Caledonia sparks a region-wide tsunami warning overnight. Palau's President rebukes Australia after five Micronesian countries decide to leave the Pacific Islands Forum after their candidate was not chosen to lead the regional group.Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:01:00 +0100radioaustralianews-fr-e35924241c7ec7bcb2811dfa5dd5d09420210211020100https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/02/271c6637e839-breaking-news-m77-quake-occurs-near-new-caledonia-in-south-pacific-usgs.htmlA magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the vicinity of New Caledonia on Thursday, with a tsunami warning issued for countries and territories in the South Pacific but no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami expected. The magnitude 7.7 quake, which struck 12:20 a.m.Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:37:00 +0100kyodonews-7555a52024fa68b35019ba783979349f20210210163700https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/441171/pacific-ocean-magnitude-77-earthquake-occurs-southeast-of-loyalty-islands-at-around-0220-feb-11-tsunami-threat-for-some-regions-update-1Event. A magnitude-7.7 earthquake occurred southeast of the Loyalty Islands at around 0220 Feb. 11. The epicenter was about 525 km (326 miles) east-southeast of Noumea, New Caledonia. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), and moderate shaking was probably felt throughout the southern Pacific Ocean.Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:29:00 +0100garda-com-41fbc70b85f7eb2262159c53464fb02d20210210162900https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/121389/Magnitude-49-earthquake-strikes-near-Kirakira-Nakumwe-Makira-Ulawa-Province-Solomon-Islands.htmlA moderately shallow magnitude 4.9 earthquake was reported around noon near Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 12:22 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 35 km.Tue, 09 Feb 2021 02:50:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-274145528e5f7e9ffda19eeb283622a220210209025000