1556160 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 http://www.uniindia.com/4-9-magnitude-quake-hits-taiwan/world/news/2622813.htmlBeijing, Jan 16 (UNI/Xinhua) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted waters near Hualien County of Taiwan on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.17 degrees north latitude and 122.27 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 30 km, the CENC said. UNI/XINHUA VP PRT.2022-01-16T12:20+0100uniindia-99eec9a7780c6712037aadb11e0fc20720220116122000https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/significant-tsunami-damage-feared-in-tonga-communications-still-cut-100681168/By Praveen Menon. WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tsunami-hit Tonga remained largely uncontactable on Sunday with telephone and internet links severed, leaving relatives in faraway New Zealand praying for their families on the Pacific islands as casualty reports had yet to come through.2022-01-16T12:16+0100thechronicleherald-35db26b46b0c91641c7a4e0f515582ad20220116121600https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1112751/videos/international-videos/tsunami-hits-tonga-after-volcanic-eruptionA major volcanic eruption was reported in the island of Tonga on Saturday followed by a tsunami that flooded parts of the capital, Nuku'alofa. Images posted on social media from Tonga showed the tsunami breach the shoreline, and move into the town.2022-01-16T12:15+0100omanobserver-om-fbaa1f42bf4edc160e45863d70011f3120220116121500http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-01/16/content_77992715.htmMOGADISHU -- A Somali government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Sunday, said a police source. Police spokesman Abdifitah Aden said that a suicide bomber blew himself up at Moalimu's vehicle at a busy Dabka intersection in Mogadishu.2022-01-16T12:07+0100china.org.cn-bfa1fc1a0f330bdbfd7002d6526ccd7020220116120700