251150 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.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19867021.woman-desperate-speak-parents-tonga-tsunami/A WOMAN whose parents live in Tonga has said she is “desperate” to speak to them as international communication with the island remains cut. Almost one week on, many families are still unable to contact loved ones after an undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific country on January 15, sending a tsunami across its shores and damaging ocean cables.2022-01-21T23:36+0100southwalesargus-96b518f71fe3254ae95ca9758d33499020220121233600https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tonga-volcano-eruption-and-tsunami-shockwave-recorded-in-tauranga-harbour/K7XOUB33HTGYJ3SD7UJKSAPZUM/?c_id=1&objectid=12499952&ref=rssThe shockwave was recorded by monitoring instruments at Ōmokoroa wharf, pictured in 2018. Photo / Supplied WBOPDC Live monitoring sites picked up the exact time the shockwave from the Tongan eruption hit Tauranga Harbour. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council says monitoring sites also recorded evidence of tsunami waves in the Bay of Plenty.2022-01-21T23:36+0100nzherald-e03350cfb17db0b4c54f124722149e9920220121233600http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/20220122/39ea230ef9564238a6504d30af547ade/c.htmlTOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on Saturday early morning struck off Japan's Oita Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 1:08 a.m. local time at the Hyuganada seaside area and at the depth of 40 km.2022-01-21T23:28+0100xinhuanet-english-d3ec832ed40547a7dcdbeca9bad854b720220121232800https://crisis24.garda.com/insights-intelligence/intelligence/risk-alerts/wip1001349951/mexico-magnitude-53-offshore-earthquake-occurs-in-gulf-of-california-at-around-1426-mst-jan-21Event. A magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurred in the Gulf of California at around 14:26 MST Jan. 21. The epicenter was about 85 km (53 miles) south-southwest of Bahia de Lobos, Mexico. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), and light shaking may have been felt in coastal....2022-01-21T23:20+0100garda-com-a1f1862b7bea7bafd443672fa36b1bda20220121232000