14930 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.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/139853/Moderate-45-quake-hits-near-Aitape-Sandaun-Papua-New-Guinea.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in the morning on Monday 30 August 2021 at 9:08 am local time near Aitape, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea, as reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 13 km.2021-08-30T01:46+0200volcanodiscovery-1a4cf3aaceb11b6e170da2989501f71220210830014600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6385987/mag4quake-Aug-29-2021-New-Guinea-Papua-New-Guinea.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in the morning on Monday 30 August 2021 at 9:08 am local time near Aitape, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea, as reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 13 km.2021-08-30T01:46+0200volcanodiscovery-9814d7e3e3b98571b051f26031e57f0620210830014600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/139816/Magnitude-44-earthquake-strikes-near-Pematangsiantar-North-Sumatra-Indonesia.htmlIndonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.4 quake in Indonesia near Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, only 19 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the evening on Sunday 29 August 2021 at 8:05 pm local time at an intermediate to considerable depth of 159 km.2021-08-29T15:46+0200volcanodiscovery-aa12d95b793db095edf9fa9902e5437220210829154600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/139814/Moderate-earthquake-of-magnitude-46-just-reported-98-km-southwest-of-Aitape-Papua-New-Guinea.htmlA shallow magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported late at night near Aitape, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea. According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Sunday 29 August 2021 at 11:08 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.2021-08-29T15:46+0200volcanodiscovery-1d8bcc1377ff03dc9f8a5b4a9c0db02a20210829154600