390350 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://techcodex.com/magnitude-7-2-earthquake-hits-haiti/A M7.2 earthquake. USGS According to the United States Geological Survey, earlier this morning, a M7.2 earthquake occurred in the southwestern part of Haiti, near the city of Les Cayes, about 125 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital city of Port-au-Prince and approximately 75 kilometers (45....2021-08-14T21:26+0200techcodex-a93dfb1bf06c8a25fe7f05bc159085a520210814212600https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/haiti-earthquake-at-least-29-people-killed-and-many-injured-1.4647375?localLinksEnabled=falseHaiti’s prime minister has said “numerous” lives have been lost after the Caribbean country was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that reduced buildings and churches to rubble and rekindled painful memories of the devastating 2010 tremor that killed an estimated 200,000 people.2021-08-14T21:25+0200irishtimes-e5953d36dfb13925530af589051cc55520210814212500https://news.yahoo.com/6-9-earthquake-strikes-off-130809746.htmlPERRYVILLE, Alaska (AP) — A 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was located at a depth of about 21 miles (33 kilometers). Despite the size of the quake, no tsunami warnings were issued.2021-08-14T21:22+0200news-yahoo-5fc1af00b15e5c631e9a81cfe3e5a27920210814212200https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/08/14/breaking-news/no-tsunami-warning-issued-for-hawaii-after-6-9-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-alaska/PERRYVILLE, Alaska >> A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaskan Peninsula early this morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was located at a depth of about 21 miles (33 kilometers). Despite the size of the quake, no tsunami warnings were issued.2021-08-14T21:16+0200HonululuAdvertiser-58c6015ed71124cfa49626cae9c4048020210814211600