350100 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.newsbreak.com/channels/t-earthquakeTaipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A 6.5-magnitude quake has struck Taiwan, according to preliminary data from the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The EMSC said the quake struck at a depth of some 60 kilometers, about 65 kilometers northeast of Hualien City on Taiwan's northeastern coast. Tremors from the quake could.2021-10-24T18:02+0200newsbreak-USA-f2d9f98e40890e22a8ce39a12cb815a720211024180200https://www.agenzianova.com/a/61757ac7e9bb23.81149207/3652988/2021-10-24/terremoti-sisma-di-magnitudo-3-1-nel-tirreno-meridionaleRoma, 24 ott 17:13 - (Agenzia Nova) - Un terremoto di magnitudo 3.1 è avvenuto nella zona del mar Tirreno meridionale ad una profondità di 282 km. Lo rende noto l'Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia (Ingv) su Twitter.2021-10-24T17:27+0200agenzianova-04ee3d23b2543de937be45facfb21f2920211024172700https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/science/16519354/what-causes-earthquakes/The earth's crust is made up of different pieces known as tectonic plates. These plates fit together like a jigsaw and continuously move at a rate of a few centimetres a year, in different directions and at different speeds. It's common for plates to slides past each other, bump into each other and move away from each other.2021-10-24T17:22+0200thesun-cd13a27e9d1059674f56bd1d46adf2b420211024172200https://www.archyde.com/strong-earthquake-shakes-taiwan-6-5-intensity-was-recorded/Taipei: (www.kvartha.com 24.10.2021) Strong earthquake shakes Taiwan An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook northeastern Taiwan. Homes in the capital, Taipei, were shaken, locals said. No casualties were reported in the incident, however. At 1.11 pm local time, a magnitude 66.8 earthquake shook the region.2021-10-24T15:43+0200archyde-71f8c282a29f19781b8e30ab11cc4e5220211024154300