50250 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/natures-alarm-clock-rotorua-hit-by-early-morning-earthquake/T2MTLRFMC562WTOD4XHC3XGIEI/A 2.7 magnitude earthquake hit Rotorua this morning. Photo / Getty Images Rotorua residents have awoken to the familiar rattle and shake of an earthquake. The GeoNet website says the 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck within 5km of Rotorua at 5.55am. It was at a depth of 5km and resulted in "light shaking" the website says.Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:08:00 +0100nzherald-b7262960b365529a435f31bdabfec8ad20210310190800https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/satellite-view-shows-raoul-island-before-and-after-quakes-tsunami/RTINUEKMWY3E7ZXMHRFGNMCSFU/MetService and GNS Science were currently at the island checking monitoring equipment, after embarking aboard the HMNZS Canterbury on Monday. The initial 7.4 quake, which struck near the island at 6.41am on Friday, appeared to have knocked out tidal gauges at the island.Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:52:00 +0100nzherald-d66bb09ddf7cfd53e0e3ffef792a729020210310065200https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/437998/whakatohea-organise-hui-to-help-opotiki-whanau-feel-prepared-in-an-emergencyAt the end of last week a severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands sparked tsunami alerts around the Pacific and left thousands of New Zealanders fleeing to higher ground. It was a second warning for those from Te Tairāwhiti who fled to higher ground earlier in the morning of 5 March following a 7.Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:51:00 +0100radionz-afb0cd18c9874a92c0b0f3bcfba5a20c20210309065100https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/437998/whakatohea-organise-hui-to-help-opotiki-whanau-feel-prepared-in-an-emergencyAt the end of last week a severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands sparked tsunami alerts around the Pacific and left thousands of New Zealanders fleeing to higher ground. It was a second warning for those from Te Tairāwhiti who fled to higher ground earlier in the morning of 5 March following a 7.Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:49:00 +0100rnz-co-nz-afb0cd18c9874a92c0b0f3bcfba5a20c20210309064900