4001070 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://en.haberler.com/227-people-killed-after-magnitude-7-2-earthquake-1631693/A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, leaving at least 227 people dead, the country's civil defense agency. The earthquake's epicenter was 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).2021-08-16T02:53+0200haberler-en-fb241d6b31f586c5427ff29d7a55904a20210816025300https://www.theepochtimes.com/many-feared-dead-as-major-quake-hits-haiti-sparking-regional-tsunami-warning_3948821.htmlUpdate on Sunday Aug. 15: The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 2,800 people injured in the Caribbean....2021-08-16T02:37+0200theepochtimes-6644fd4d86c2219e583472a6dcb8408020210816023700https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/ad15d3eb1336-earthquake-alert.htmlDay and Time: Aug. 16, 2021, 5:03 a.m. Epicenter: In Shiga Prefecture. N 35.5, E 136.3. Depth: 10 kilometers. Preliminary magnitude: 4.6. Seismic intensity scale: 4 out of maximum 7. Note: No tsunami warning issued. ==Kyodo. To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox, subscribe here.2021-08-16T00:23+0200kyodonews-0f7dc1d8c56a0d67b6555a3d941250c620210816002300https://www.theepochtimes.com/many-feared-dead-as-major-quake-hits-haiti-sparking-regional-tsunami-warning_3948821.htmlUpdate on Sunday Aug. 15: The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 in Haiti soared on Sunday. Saturday’s earthquake left at least 724 dead and 2,800 injured, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to shelter in streets or soccer fields....2021-08-16T00:21+0200theepochtimes-dfd8327d22ad8697fe6a98fde20707cb20210816002100