4621 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/8740886/mag3quake-Dec-19-2023-Kepulauan-Talaud-Indonesia.htmlIf you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), Other users would love to hear about it! If you did NOT feel the quake although you were in the area, please report it ! Your contribution is valuable to earthquake science, seismic hazard analysis and mitigation efforts.2023-12-19T13:39+0100volcanodiscovery-e38bdceb43c4680faa3b5960c89fac9620231219133900https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2023-12-19-china--earthquake-kills-at-least-118-people-in-northwest.r1lFe11vT.htmlEurope 1 with AFP / Photo credit: ZHANG HONGXIANG / XINHUA / XINHUA VIA AFP 10:13 a.m., December 19, 2023 An earthquake killed at least 118 people overnight in northwest China's Gansu province. The quake, which measured 5.9 according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), also caused extensive....2023-12-19T10:21+0100tellerreport-637bfe6ee4b2c03d56733291cc0015ee20231219102100https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8740593/mag4quake-Dec-19-2023-Philippines-082-km-N-82-E-of-Hinatuan-Surigao-Del-Sur.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Bislig City, a town with 67,600 inhabitants in , in 88 km (54 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.2023-12-19T09:39+0100volcanodiscovery-f2584cc5eea99d97ec8df823831c071720231219093900https://www.zawya.com/en/world/china-and-asia-pacific/philippines-japan-start-talks-on-joint-military-drills-a64zm0nqPresident Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday agreed to cooperate for the early completion of talks for the planned Reciprocal Access Agreement and to strengthen their coast guards in the face of China's increasingly aggressive maneuvers in the South China Sea.2023-12-19T09:04+0100zawya-palestine-efcc6e0c7de1d32a4821cec61d73300d20231219090400