11520 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.jamaicaobserver.com/history/history_231376?profile=1470Today is the 259th day of 2021. There are 106 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT. 1994: A federal court jury in Anchorage, Alaska, orders Exxon Corp to pay US$5 billion in punitive damages to Alaskan fishermen and natives for the March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. OTHER EVENTS.2021-09-16T09:10+0200jamaicaobserver-9cb368a4e3ab891c5ebf11ecf741579520210916091000https://island.lk/lanka-to-set-up-fifth-seismic-station-with-chinese-assistance/By Ifham Nizam. Plans are underway to set up the country’s fifth seismic station in the Western Province with Chinese assistance to measure earthquakes occurring in and around Sri Lanka. Responding to queries, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday confirmed that discussions were being held with the Chinese government in that regard.2021-09-16T04:58+0200island-26b0311fb6ef01756be78ed4c4f45a7620210916045800https://www.ivorian.net/actualites/indonesie-les-sauveteurs-cherchent-des-survivants-du-seisme-de-celebes/[ Publié / Modifié il y a 8 mois ] Les sauveteurs redoublent d’efforts samedi, malgré une pénurie d’équipement, pour retrouver des survivants ensevelis dans les décombres après le fort séisme qui a frappé l’île de Célèbes en Indonésie la veille, faisant plusieurs dizaines de morts.2021-09-15T22:00+0200ivorian-1fbf988218cb6e22c320c64e23d0991e20210915220000https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/141469/Magnitude-44-earthquake-strikes-near-Sumbawa-Besar-ID17Sumbawa-undefined-West-Nusa-Tenggara-Indonesi.htmlIndonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.4 quake in Indonesia near Sumbawa Besar, ID.17.Sumbawa (undefined), West Nusa Tenggara, only 8 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Thursday, September 16th, 2021, at 3:00 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.2021-09-15T21:18+0200volcanodiscovery-6ba6bb135fd43565964497c851652b9820210915211800