509520GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.1 just reported 39 km southeast of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japanhttps://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/122130/Moderate-tremor-of-magnitude-41-just-reported-39-km-southeast-of-Shizunai-furukawach-Japan.htmlA magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, Japan, was reported only 11 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide.Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:21:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-eedc8bf3b5dda51d144953b70eb7e84420210218082100Derrame de combustible en Fukushima tras terremotohttps://www.aimdigital.com.ar/internacionales/derrame-de-combustible-en-fukushima-tras-terremoto.htmEl terremoto de magnitud 7,3 en la escala de Richter este sábado en Japón provocó un “pequeño derrame” del agua de la piscina de combustible gastado del reactor 5 en la propia Fukushima Daichi, que está en proceso de desmantelamiento, informó la empresa operadora Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco).Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:27:00 +0100aimdigital-6ebb2bfc655c436da804898ab43a85b420210218062700National Cultural assets in Japan's Tohoku region damaged by earthquake off Fukushimahttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/18/national/fukushima-earthquake-cultural-assets/A powerful earthquake that struck northeastern and eastern regions of Japan late Saturday damaged 71 cultural assets, mainly in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, according to the Cultural Affairs Agency. At Agatsumake Jutaku, the house of a wealthy farmer in the town of Zao, Miyagi Prefecture, who....Thu, 18 Feb 2021 05:41:00 +0100japantimes-b7ce037ebb990f823b764d2ab5b3862320210218054100Gumboots at the ready as more coastal Cantabrians find themselves in tsunami zonehttps://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/124268325/gumboots-at-the-ready-as-more-coastal-cantabrians-find-themselves-in-tsunami-zoneHowever, while the flood zones have encroached markedly on residential developments, the likelihood of being flooded is slim, the modelling based on a 2500-year “worst case” tsunami. The red evacuation zone, nearest the sea, has only seen minor changes, but would be the most likely to be affected by a tsunami.Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:19:00 +0100Stuff-fb44b8029d3f25bba9b808cc56666c9f20210218031900