15130 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://nailalakai.fijitimes.com/seismic-activity-5-6-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-ono-i-lau-region/A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Ono-i-Lau region this morning. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources Department said the earthquake occurred at 8.21am – located 340km South-southwest from Doi Village in Ono-i-Lau, 554km Southwest from Nuku’alofa in Tonga, and 631km South-southeast from Suva.2022-02-17T02:47+0100fijitimes-4a934e83a1f6e6cfbd8b1d1619b6cbb020220217024700https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1555890/phivolcs-no-tsunami-threat-in-ph-after-strong-quake-in-fijiMANILA, Philippines — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake south of Fiji Islands on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In its advisory, Phivolcs said the quake in Fiji occurred at 4:21 a.m. on Thursday with a depth of 568 kilometers.2022-02-17T01:28+0100inquirer-72802f69477e3297c49ea2411bfc2d5b20220217012800https://www.engadget.com/nasa-geomagnetic-storm-detection-helioswarm-140045068.htmlof the dayside magnetopause . This, in turn, accelerates plasma in that region down the atmosphere’s magnetic field lines towards the planet’s poles where the added energy excites nitrogen and oxygen atoms to generate the Northern Lights aurora effect.2022-02-17T01:12+0100google-top-stories-innovatie-0b646fc39374ff8806cc15192f1dfc2e20220217011200https://www.engadget.com/nasa-geomagnetic-storm-detection-helioswarm-140045068.htmlof the dayside magnetopause . This, in turn, accelerates plasma in that region down the atmosphere’s magnetic field lines towards the planet’s poles where the added energy excites nitrogen and oxygen atoms to generate the Northern Lights aurora effect.2022-02-17T00:56+0100google-top-stories-0b646fc39374ff8806cc15192f1dfc2e20220217005600