518980 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.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/218529/Significant-earthquake-of-magnitude-51-just-reported-12-km-southeast-of-Hirara-Japan.htmlJust 20 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Hirara, Miyakojima Shi, Okinawa, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023, at 2:07 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 36.2 km below the surface.2023-08-15T19:51+0200volcanodiscovery-e20c1cc3bb8b73f62498e37cf962433420230815195100https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/7816073/quake-felt-Aug-15-2023-Near-Hirara-Okinawa-Japan.htmlJust 20 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Hirara, Miyakojima Shi, Okinawa, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023, at 2:07 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 36.2 km below the surface.2023-08-15T19:51+0200volcanodiscovery-a5c05aaba2b697023377496de0b55e8b20230815195100https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/lets-not-forget-what-a-nuclear-war-would-actually-mean/, which I proposed in 2017. Such a group could bring together nuclear and nonnuclear technical and health professionals for education and training, and help to meet the preparedness, coordination, collaboration and staffing requirements necessary to respond to a large-scale nuclear crisis.2023-08-15T11:59+0200asiatimes-28e0766d3cecb493949d791faec5887120230815115900https://technology.inquirer.net/126985/philippines-disaster-management-with-aiThe Philippines experiences floods frequently, especially as September approaches. Better tracking systems can help Filipinos anticipate these disasters. The Philippine News Agency recently announced the PH government’s partnership program with Japanese startup Spectee and JICA that will mitigate risks and save lives in disaster-prone areas.2023-08-15T03:29+0200inquirer-1c6a04d12238593bc910a69ca1ed6bc820230815032900