20620 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://thefrontierpost.com/melbourne-hit-by-magnitude-6-0-earthquake/Monitoring Desk. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second largest city and sending tremors throughout neighbouring states.2021-09-22T11:07+0200TheFrontierPost-en-360051d8d2030d6b3d0a1f3a9726f4ac20210922110700https://www.newsweek.com/magnitude-58-earthquake-hits-australia-countrys-largest-24-years-1631402A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has hit Australia's southeastern coast. The quake was originally reported as a 6.0 magnitude, but the magnitude was later downgraded. The country hasn't been hit with a quake above 5.8 in 24 years. The epicenter of the earthquake hit the city of Mansfield around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday morning local time.2021-09-22T11:03+0200newsweek-529f84cbff3bdcdf46a4d9dc6639d26b20210922110300https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/22/09/2021/Magnitude-6.0-earthquake-strikes-near-Melbourne,-tremors-rattle-southeast-AustraliaSYDNEY/MELBOURNE: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country's biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country's second-largest city and sending tremors throughout neighbouring states.2021-09-22T10:41+0200thepeninsulaqatar-a6182e7ecf5b1fab3be615495133a2f120210922104100https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/180597/Magnitude-6.0-earthquake-strikes-near-Melbourne,-tremors-rattle-southeast-AustraliaA magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country's biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country's second-largest city and sending tremors throughout neighbouring states.2021-09-22T10:40+0200thestandard-hk-ad42d4bc55fea6a22623bef4c4dfd1ab20210922104000