3600 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.pna.gov.ph/articles/1132276ANKARA Around the world, there were 13,654 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher in 2020, the strongest of which was recorded in the US. Around 500,000 earthquakes, minor or major, occur on Earth every year, about 100,000 of which are felt, while around 100 cause damage.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:58:00 +0100pna-b36d1143c39f4c2c8d900bae7bca16e120210302075800https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/world-saw-13654-quakes-of-magnitude-4-or-above-in-2020-3561749Around the world, there were 13,654 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher in 2020, the strongest of which was recorded in the US. Around 500,000 earthquakes, minor or major, occur on Earth every year, about 100,000 of which are felt, while around 100 cause damage.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:46:00 +0100yenisafak-en-290aaa70a35216906b6373b89f1da70720210302064600https://nation.com.pk/02-Mar-2021/world-saw-13-654-quakes-of-magnitude-4-or-above-in-2020Around the world, there were 13,654 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher in 2020, the strongest of which was recorded in the US. Around 500,000 earthquakes, minor or major, occur on Earth every year, about 100,000 of which are felt, while around 100 cause damage.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:11:00 +0100nation-e5f37b3d8f850898b4912c181d92d15120210302061100https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1936725Anadolu Agency reported that experts at the USGS say the reason why more earthquakes are recorded today than in the past is because they receive more seismic station data with the development of technology. In 1931, there were 350 seismic stations on Earth to record earthquakes, but today this figure is expressed in the thousands, it added.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:02:00 +0100bernama-1d080c5bd93cebfc9c13149516cf30b020210302060200