400GDACS EMM News Feed 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 5.8 magnitude quake hits Nepal, tremors felt in northwest Indiahttps://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/58-magnitude-quake-hits-nepal-tremors-felt-in-northwest-india/article66427970.eceA 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal Tuesday afternoon with tremors also being felt in the northwestern region of India, including Delhi and Jaipur. The National Centre for Seismology said the quake struck at 2.28 pm and the epicentre was located in western Nepal, about 148 km east of Pithoragarh in the border state of Uttarakhand.2023-01-24T13:45+0100thehindubusinessline-9ced31c92b922576dce1985ecdbd4e2e2023012413450019-Jan-2023 Susan Hough honored by SSA for Public Communication and Support of International Earthquake Monitoring Seismological Society of America Grant and Award Announcement For her effective communication of science to the public and her work to establish and improve earthquake monitoring and....https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/977102image: Susan Hough Credit: Photo Courtesy of Susan Hough. For her effective communication of science to the public and her work to establish and improve earthquake monitoring and hazard assessment worldwide, the Seismological Society of America (SSA) honors Susan Hough with the 2023 Hough, a geophysicist and ground motions task leader at the U.2023-01-19T18:04+0100eurekalert-a00ac5300e3e4c253ab7c36dda0e13b820230119180400Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ( 3-9 January 2023)https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-3-9-january-2023MYANMAR. In Rakhine and southern Chin, an informal ceasefire agreement between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) continues to hold but remains very fragile. Transportation of goods and civilian movement have been restored along the main roads and rivers, although the road....2023-01-11T10:27+0100reliefWeb-9e0c5688b82534e9cb88a201aebc69ed20230111102700Tony Redmond OBE steps down as UK-Med Chairhttps://www.myscience.uk/en/news/wire/tony_redmond_obe_steps_down_as_uk_med_chair-2023-manchesterUK-Med, the frontline medical aid charity based at The University of Manchester, has announced that founder Professor Tony Redmond OBE has stepped down as Chair after 29 years in the role, to be replaced by former GP and advisor on quality and standards to the Department of Health, Sir John Oldham.2023-01-03T14:27+0100myscience-009e5207c6cb1a0861de748a6ac3857a20230103142700