29270 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://watchers.news/2022/01/21/earthquake-shikoku-japan-january-21-2022/and USGS are reporting M6.3 at a depth of 41.8 km (26 miles). The epicenter was located 24.3 km (14.1 miles) SSE of Saiki (population 49 065), 38 km (23.6 miles) SSE of Tsukumiura (population 21 658), and 40.4 km (25.1 miles) ENE of Nobeoka (population 121 949), Japan. There are about 1.7 million living within 100 km (62 miles).2022-01-21T19:12+0100watchers-441bb6a16e302a7dd556ca8c35f9c25120220121191200https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/world/australia/tonga-man-tsunami-floating.htmlLisala Folau had been at sea for about 12 hours, drifting between the islands of Tonga overnight after a tsunami hit his home, when he saw a police patrol boat. Mr. Folau, 57, grabbed a rag and waved, hoping for rescue from the disaster caused by an undersea volcano’s eruption about 40 miles from Tonga.2022-01-21T19:04+0100google-top-stories-3878b5f7284abc35a5542a3dd524ff8520220121190400https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/world/australia/tonga-man-tsunami-floating.htmlLisala Folau had been at sea for about 12 hours, drifting between the islands of Tonga overnight after a tsunami hit his home, when he saw a police patrol boat. Mr. Folau, 57, grabbed a rag and waved, hoping for rescue from the disaster caused by an undersea volcano’s eruption about 40 miles from Tonga.2022-01-21T18:58+0100google-top-stories-innovatie-3878b5f7284abc35a5542a3dd524ff8520220121185800https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2201/S00120/tonga-volcanic-eruption-what-possible-impact-on-agriculture-and-fisheries.htm21/01/2022. Rome - With the full picture of damage and needs after Tonga’s massive volcanic eruption and tsunami only gradually emerging, what is already clear is that the stakes could not be higher for the farmers and fishers of the South Pacific island nation, living in one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions.2022-01-21T18:51+0100scoop-co-nz-af5ab7c248b1128061b7b8c55a22305820220121185100