667400 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.stuff.co.nz/national/130876175/shaky-wakeup-for-waikato-and-auckland-with-m39-earthquake-in-te-arohaA M3.9 earthquake shook people awake across the Waikato and Auckland just before 7am this morning. Geonet received more than 5000 felt reports from the shallow quake that hit 5km south of Te Aroha. The region has low seismic activity with only four earthquakes larger than M3 between Tauranga and Hamilton in the last ten years, according to GeoNet.2022-12-28T20:10+0100Stuff-fbb4f88438cd8515c81a8079f1b1661720221228201000https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/magintude-39-earthquake-hits-te-aroha-felt-across-bay-of-plenty/RS5XNYKO7RCFBAQL2PUC64I6SQ/A moderate earthquake has been felt across the Bay of Plenty this morning. Photo / File A moderate earthquake has been felt across New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty this morning. The quake measured 3.9 on the Richter scale, according to GeoNet. The epicentre was 5km south of Te Aroha. MORE TO COME.2022-12-28T19:48+0100nzherald-ddc2fffe5661eb078fb00d06fbe0446a20221228194800http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2022-12/29/content_85031245.htmUn tremblement de terre d'une magnitude 6,5 a frappé s'est produit à 293 km au sud-est d'Isangel, au Vanuatu, à 16H34 GMT mercredi, a indiqué l'Institut d'études géologiques des Etats-Unis. (USGS). L'épicentre, d'une profondeur de 10 km, a été localisé à 21,33 degrés de latitude sud et à 171,35 degrés de longitude est.2022-12-28T19:16+0100french.china.org.cn-45c4203aa77faedbd144d010d9ef9bac20221228191600https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/481595/strong-quake-strikes-south-of-vanuatuA magnitude-6 earthquake has struck south of Vanuatu, but no tsunami warnings have been issued. It was downgraded from an initial measurement of magnitude-6.5. The US Geological Survey gave the quake a green alert rating, meaning there is low likelihood of casualties and damage. It said the quake struck at 3.2022-12-28T19:11+0100rnz-co-nz-029ab068c7b7e805129b9b376451296920221228191100