10430 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://vervetimes.com/wave-created-by-tonga-volcano-eruption-reached-90-meters-nine-times-taller-than-2011-japan-tsunami/An international research team says the eruption should serve as a wake-up call for international groups looking to protect people from similar events in future, claiming that detection and monitoring systems for volcano-based tsunamis are ’30 years behind’ comparable tools used to detect earthquake-based events.2022-08-20T02:20+0200vervetimes-da5aba0487a4af824381bc54e04dd9d520220820022000https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/volcano-watch-hawaiian-volcano-observatory-responds-territorys-earthquake-reportsHonolulu, HAWAII — Earthquakes have been felt since late July in the Manuʻa Islands of American Samoa in the South Pacific. These earthquakes are likely associated with magmatic activity beneath the islands. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is working closely with federal partners,....2022-08-19T21:03+0200samoanews-aca2f6ae0150c546f038610d882193e820220819210300https://samacharcentral.com/wave-created-by-tonga-volcano-eruption-reached-90-meters-nine-times-taller-than-2011-japan-tsunami/The initial tsunami wave created by the eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga in January 2022 reached 90 meters in height, around nine times taller than that from the highly destructive 2011 Japan tsunami, new research has found.2022-08-19T20:16+0200samacharcentral-edad2fd45f87575b75567947c2886fb020220819201600https://vervetimes.com/new-research-reveals-more-about-the-magnitude-of-january-eruption-as-researchers-call-for-better-preparedness-sciencedaily/An international research team says the eruption should serve as a wake-up call for international groups looking to protect people from similar events in future, claiming that detection and monitoring systems for volcano-based tsunamis are ’30 years behind’ comparable tools used to detect earthquake-based events.2022-08-19T18:14+0200vervetimes-e2d344dcaca65b3d8715604cef28291720220819181400