242190 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.khaleejtimes.com/uae/dubai-residents-report-minor-tremorsThe UAE experienced tremors as twin earthquakes hit Iran on Sunday. Residents in Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Abu Dhabi reported feeling the tremors that lasted “two to three minutes”. Multiple buildings were evacuated for tenants’ own safety. The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) confirmed that the tremors were from a 6.2021-11-17T09:11+0100khaleejtimes-53d804f29481c8b0757ce9113ba73ead20211117091100https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/moderate-earthquake-hits-southern-iranTehran, IRNA A 5-magnitude earthquake shook the city of Fin in the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan on Monday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred today in the evening and at the depth of 13 km underground. The epicenter of the quake was located at 27.2021-11-15T22:29+0100reliefWeb-2de2066badc66df3368a4551864f072620211115222900https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/head-emergency-organization-70-people-injured-homuzgan-quakeTehran, IRNA Head of Iran's National Medical Emergency Organization Jafar Miadfar announced that seventy fellow citizens have been injured in Sunday afternoon in Hormuzgan quake. Miadfar said that 48 of the injured victims have been discharged from hospital and 22 of them are under medical supervision, while one person has unfortunately died.2021-11-15T22:29+0100reliefWeb-1a9f826fd3641c8fee5456a7db28517c20211115222900https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/head-irans-red-crescent-society-137-villages-affected-quakeehran, IRNA The Head of Red Crescent Society of Iran said on Sunday night that surveys show that homes in 137 villages in Hormuzgan province have been damaged due to Sunday evening quake, but fortunately despite the high strength of the earthquake the extent of damages and casualties is not too severe.2021-11-15T22:29+0100reliefWeb-11ff12c86761272f9ad1f8eb2ac1e92820211115222900