858430 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.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2023/02/magnitude-6-2-quake-strikes-papua-new-guinea-usgs/Sydney, Australia, Feb 26 — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the remote New Britain region of Papua New Guinea Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake had a depth of 38 kilometres (23 miles), the USGS said, and was recorded in the sparsely....2023-02-26T07:59+0100capitalfm-b8fca7eba092dfb1701b03ef8ad4b42920230226075900https://www.nouvelles-du-monde.com/un-seisme-de-magnitude-62-frappe-la-papouasie-nouvelle-guinee-usgs/Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,2 a frappé dimanche la région éloignée de la Nouvelle-Bretagne en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, a indiqué le United States Geological Survey, mais aucune alerte au tsunami n’a été émise. Le tremblement de terre avait une profondeur de 38 kilomètres (23 miles), a....2023-02-26T07:36+0100nouvelles-du-monde-2b88d6b2d8529cd0e7dc435cd3c39c7a20230226073600https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1133296/world/region/extraistanbul-mayor-calls-for-a-quake-preparedness-planTurkey's largest city Istanbul, which sits close to a major fault line, needs an urgent urbanization program worth" around $30 [billion] to $40 billion" to prepare for an anticipated major quake, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Saturday. "The amount is three times more than Istanbul city's annual....2023-02-26T07:06+0100omanobserver-om-9a98df06377c1f6e27cdf2dfd282ce7c20230226070600https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/61-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-japan/2831100ANKARA. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Japan on Saturday, the country’s Met Department said. The quake occurred off the coast of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency at 10.27 p.m. (1327GMT) local time. No tsunami warning was issued after the quake.2023-02-26T06:54+0100aa-en-ec492f8418fcd617f28385fc552c0bea20230226065400