2910 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.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/tsunami-threat-recedes-from-huge-pacific-volcanic-eruption/2407585/The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear. Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters.2023-01-10T20:20+0100financialexpress-b8e2770542c4eb92c24b30a3e02cc4bc20230110202000https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/628690/World/Asia/Tsunami-warning-downgraded-after-large-earthquake-near-TongaNEW YORK — A large earthquake hit Tonga on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning and an immediate evacuation order from the government of the island nation. The government initially asked locals to flee to high ground following what it said was a 7.9 magnitude earthquake originating near the town of....2023-01-08T14:08+0100saudigazette-5fac5cddae8541d100efefb0b0c3cfb520230108140800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/201041/Magnitude-53-earthquake-strikes-near-Hihifo-Niuas-Tonga.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred only 17 minutes ago 39 km southwest of Hihifo, Tonga, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 183.9 km beneath the epicenter near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga, early morning on Sunday, January 8th, 2023, at 4:30 am local time.2023-01-07T16:52+0100volcanodiscovery-194ee44830b1ade1b477700651e400f120230107165200https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/200381/Significant-earthquake-of-magnitude-54-just-reported-112-km-southeast-of-Nukalofa-Tonga.htmlA shallow magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported late at night near Nukalofa, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Friday, December 30th, 2022, at 10:42 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface.2022-12-30T11:10+0100volcanodiscovery-c1225fd3633acb03b29d8f5245b0705920221230111000