12920 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://turkishpress.com/5-4-magnitude-quake-strikes-mediterranean-sea/ANKARA. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said an earthquake took place in the Mediterranean Sea off southwestern Turkish shores on Tuesday. In a Twitter post, AFAD said: “”#EARTHQUAKE: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred at 18.38 [1538 GMT] in the Mediterranean Sea off [southwestern] Marmaris shores.2022-04-13T05:43+0200turkishpress-6b811f4b29ffdae5c566cb6b65f9983920220413054300https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/11/lawn-watering-crackdown-coming-to-santa-clara-county-as-drought-worsens/Concerned about diminishing water supplies this summer and a failure of the public to hit conservation targets, Santa Clara County’s largest water agency is moving forward with plans to ask the county’s 2 million residents to water landscaping no more than two days a week, down from the current three days.2022-04-12T00:21+0200eastbaytimes-08445dbd6815ee9a30a1af80fad2d7f920220412002100https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/11/lawn-watering-crackdown-coming-to-santa-clara-county-as-drought-worsens/Concerned about diminishing water supplies this summer and a failure of the public to hit water conservation targets, Santa Clara County’s largest water agency is moving forward with plans to ask the county’s 2 million residents to water landscaping no more than two days a week, down from the current three days.2022-04-12T00:16+0200mercurynews-69810b17d94b601daaf027fb9431f2e020220412001600https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/11/big-mediterranean-tsunami/Screenshot from NASA World Wind (retouched). Public Domain. The Mediterranean sea straddles two tectonic plates and is lined by large towns and cities. We need to take the tsunami threat seriously, argues Matthew Blackett, a senior lecturer at a British University. By Matthew Blackett.2022-04-11T13:13+0200greekreporter-11435cc5f449d19f0ffdedae5e1095f720220411131300