126200 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.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/04/national/ogasawara-islands-earthquake/An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean — about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo — on Tuesday morning but there was no fear of a tsunami, the weather agency said. The quake occurred at 6:09 a.m.2022-01-04T00:41+0100japantimes-291723e21631591ff7f902d103f03d8e20220104004100https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/01/04/villagers-prepared-for-tidal-eventPETALING JAYA: Malaysians living along the coast are now extra alert for a high tide phenomenon following massive floods that hit parts of the country on Dec 18. Observations by Bernama in several villages in Kota Kuala Muda in Sungai Petani, Kedah, found that people had taken heed of the warning....2022-01-04T00:37+0100thestar-my-2ced0ae2fc7a9ef8a4a613d7530179fe20220104003700http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/20220104/11e03f46dfab4c5293d6a216f30ab881/c.htmlTOKYO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on Tuesday struck off Japan's Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 6:09 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 27.1 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2022-01-04T00:29+0100xinhuanet-english-bdf53a688c4910acb79f48b5c820dd4f20220104002900https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2022/01/04/a-5.7-magnitude-quake-hits-remote-japanese-islands/2032789The Japan Meteorological Agency said its equipment indicated that the quake’s strength was at 6.3 magnitude. — AFP pic. TOKYO, Jan 4 — A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit remote Japanese islands in the Pacific early today, but there was no tsunami warning, officials said. The underwater quake, measuring 43.2022-01-04T00:27+0100malaymail-97b7692af53b59238a7ecbfbe46fec3920220104002700