600 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/earthquakes/quake-info/8736012/mag4quake-Dec-16-2023-Vanuatu-Santa-Cruz-Islands.htmlSeismic station: Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (SANVU/G network) | Distance from quake: 287 km / 178 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2023-12-16T17:58+0100volcanodiscovery-f70633b3eeb83cc8a6165a3d7994801620231216175800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8734741/mag4quake-Dec-15-2023-Vanuatu-region.htmlSeismic station: Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (SANVU/G network) | Distance from quake: 450 km / 280 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2023-12-15T23:49+0100volcanodiscovery-8180cde1cf47740df1395b3368e110d120231215234900https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8733055/mag4quake-Dec-15-2023-Vanuatu-region.htmlSeismic station: Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (SANVU/G network) | Distance from quake: 460 km / 286 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2023-12-15T01:47+0100volcanodiscovery-5d11eb941d6fa59a76a7a338e4efa9c420231215014700https://www.ibtimes.sg/new-zealand-prone-giant-tsunamis-every-580-years-study-finds-72713A new study conducted by a team of experts at the Victoria University of Wellington has found that New Zealand is prone to facing giant tsunamis every 580 years. Researchers who participated in the study used synthetic earthquakes, and computer models and found that waves of these apocalyptic tsunamis could reach as high as 92 feet.2023-12-13T08:39+0100ibtimes-sg-4dcae99e6fa8471b8243f3a68555681c20231213083900