25460 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/154341/Magnitude-48-earthquake-strikes-near-Chignik-Lagoon-Lake-and-Peninsula-Alaska-USA.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred after midnight on Sunday, December 12th, 2021, at 12:55 am local time near Chignik Lagoon, Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 13 miles.2021-12-12T11:29+0100volcanodiscovery-2b7078e71746377cc52dc154bf33d9b820211212112900https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6540192/mag4quake-Dec-12-2021-105-km-SSE-of-Chignik-Alaska.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred after midnight on Sunday, December 12th, 2021, at 12:55 am local time near Chignik Lagoon, Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 13 miles.2021-12-12T11:29+0100volcanodiscovery-25d8faa67be4dd08f7c27153b0b536a420211212112900https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/614624/World/Asia/Magnitude-50-earthquake-strikes-eastern-JapanTOKYO — A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday shook the eastern Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, which is to the northeast of Tokyo, Sputnik quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying. The earthquake was registered at 12:31 p.m. local time (3:31 GMT), with its epicenter located at a depth of 31 miles, according to the agency.2021-12-12T11:03+0100saudigazette-c470eebd7f551c524e5f24a44cee71bc20211212110300https://mb.com.ph/2021/12/12/5-0-magnitude-quake-strikes-japans-ibaraki-prefecture/TOKYO, Japan — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Sunday struck Japan’s eastern Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 12:31 p.m. local time (0331 GMT), with its epicenter at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and a longitude of 139.2021-12-12T10:52+0100mb-com-ph-fbe1dd9fcfd45bcf2813b7a54f498c1b20211212105200