298170 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.business-standard.com/article/international/swarm-of-earthquakes-largest-one-of-6-8-magnitude-hits-off-alaska-islands-122011200064_1.htmlA swarm of earthquakes was recorded Tuesday off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, including the largest with a magnitude of 6.8 followed by aftershocks. There were few reports of the underwater quakes in the North Pacific being felt in nearby communities in a sparsely populated region of Alaska and no reports of damage, officials said.2022-01-12T06:22+0100business-standard-aefc7b0b7b5f2a535cb77787bda5810420220112062200https://wetheworldmagazine.com/news/japans-2011-tsunami-leaves-a-legacy-of-towering-sea-walls/196198/Taro, Japan: The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. A decade after the deadly waves unleashed by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history, the....2022-01-12T06:00+0100wetheworldmagazine-667587ff2c37512ca2f3ac447fa0fc8820220112060000https://www.theepochtimes.com/swarm-of-earthquakes-some-strong-hits-off-alaska-islands_4206637.htmlANCHORAGE, Alaska —A swarm of earthquakes was recorded Tuesday off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, including the largest with a magnitude of 6.8 followed by aftershocks. There were few reports of the underwater quakes in the North Pacific being felt in nearby communities in a sparsely populated region of Alaska and no reports of damage, officials said.2022-01-12T01:54+0100theepochtimes-c5383e51405371a383786a72bf9dfaef20220112015400https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/swarm-of-earthquakesoff-alaska-islands-1.6311380?cmp=rssA swarm of earthquakes was recorded Tuesday off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, including the largest with a magnitude of 6.8 followed by aftershocks. There were few reports of the underwater quakes in the North Pacific being felt in nearby communities in a sparsely populated region of Alaska and no reports of damage, officials said.2022-01-12T00:40+0100CBC-172c18e739edf679168bdf61c8736ff920220112004000