20320 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/today.htmlEarthquake FAQ When was the latest earthquake anywhere in the world? The last earthquake in the world occurred 10 minutes ago: Minor mag. 2.5 earthquake - Japan: NEMURO REGION on Monday, Dec 25, 2023 07:12 pm (GMT +9). Where did the last earthquake happen in the world? The last quake above magnitude....2023-12-25T11:24+0100volcanodiscovery-1ce54e46e0905ce0a451c801dfc8de9220231225112400https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2600-year-old-staircase-to-heaven/articleshow/106266895.cmsSankasya (also Sankissa, Sankassa) is one of the ‘Eight Great Places’ (Ashtamahasthan, in the Pali canons) of the Buddhist pilgrimage . According to Buddhist literature, it was here that the Buddha performed the ‘miracle of descending from the heavens accompanied by Indra and Brahma’.2023-12-25T11:06+0100timesofindia-aea419c80f6ae9ae9411415f23efee6d20231225110600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.htmlEarthquake FAQ When was the latest earthquake anywhere in the world? The last earthquake in the world occurred 14 minutes ago: Weak mag. 2.5 earthquake - 91 mi west of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, on Monday, Dec 25, 2023 05:54 am (GMT +0). Where did the last earthquake happen in the world? The last quake....2023-12-25T07:12+0100volcanodiscovery-026dcbb5705fa074e3d06dbc61385e8420231225071200https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8753216/mag5quake-Dec-25-2023-Japan-FAR-S-OFF-TOKAI-DISTRICT.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ōyama, a town with 21,700 inhabitants in , in 165 km (103 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking shaking there. In the capital Tokyo, 326 km (202 mi) away from the epicenter, the....2023-12-25T06:06+0100volcanodiscovery-451e9086f8f5a9fa44f5c57b9ce0639b20231225060600