8721640 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.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-quake-explainer/explainer-why-does-haiti-have-earthquakes-idUSKBN2FH235The destruction came little more than a decade after a devastating 2010 earthquake here that destroyed Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince and killed more than 200,000 people. Here’s a look at why the Caribbean country is affected by earthquakes. WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES IN HAITI? Haiti occupies the....2021-08-16T20:56+0200reuters-0e25a9a0d7d5f168d9d2e322c5238fe320210816205600https://www.eagletribune.com/region/haiti-braces-for-grace-florida-for-fred-as-storms-brew/article_9d14cbe8-8755-5816-858f-34a8ae7f8217.htmlTropical Depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching for survivors. Tropical Storm Fred grew stronger as it closed in on Florida's coast, and a third tropical system was swirling around Bermuda.2021-08-16T20:41+0200eagletribune-fa4e61d1d697e8643b8af47ce075a5cb20210816204100https://www.wowktv.com/weather/tropical-storm-fred-nears-florida-grace-drenches-earthquake-ravaged-haiti-tropical-depression-8-to-become-henri/TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Three active systems are brewing in the tropics and being monitored by the National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Fred, Tropical Depression Grace and Tropical Depression 8, which is expected to reach tropical storm strength soon. Tropical Storm Fred.2021-08-16T20:41+0200wowktv-6982704eac1f91ded91697ced1b35f7620210816204100https://www.siracusapost.it/1.91174/cronaca/sicilia-siracusa-provincia-palazzolo-acreide/104/scossa-di-terremoto-di-magnitudo-28Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 2.8 è stato registrato a 5 chilometri a sud est di Palazzolo Acreide alle 18,53. L'epicentro è stato individuato dall'Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia ad una profondità di 27 km. Il terremoto è stato avvertito da parte della popolazione; non si segnalano danni.2021-08-16T20:32+0200siracusapost-513e8b33fcfde63355a24e5d2e62d6ce20210816203200