31140 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.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1988359HONG KONG, Aug 2 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 01:27:36 GMT (1.27 pm local time) on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.4171 degrees south latitude and 177.2021-08-02T05:24+0200bernama-0938c9f866996b8eb43a35d738ef64ca20210802052400https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/137043/Small-36-quake-hits-near-Valdez-Valdez-Cordova-Alaska-USA.htmlA magnitude 3.6 earthquake near Valdez, Valdez-Cordova, Alaska, USA, was reported only 10 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered the key international and national agency that monitors seismic activity in the US. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 21....2021-08-01T19:25+0200volcanodiscovery-d22e2e9fa5ded995874aa262928c2ea920210801192500https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/137036/Small-magnitude-31-quake-hits-1-miles-northwest-of-Hollister-California-United-States-in-the-morning.htmlA very shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported in the morning near Hollister, San Benito County, California, USA. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Sunday 1 August 2021 at 7:50 am local time at a very shallow depth of 3.5 miles.2021-08-01T17:27+0200volcanodiscovery-9c77b587ac5bc7fd47428c640f781c1120210801172700https://www.theepochtimes.com/understanding-beijings-disaster-response-to-the-flooding-in-central-china_3918376.htmlCommentary. July 23 marked the third day of major flooding in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in Henan Province. Based on my observations on how the Chinese regime handles natural disasters, authorities would use the first three days to gather data before releasing an official statement.2021-08-01T16:16+0200theepochtimes-6336691105dddd3b6d8e1671019bb6ca20210801161600