8612 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.dailynews.lk/2023/12/26/editorial/314057/boxing-day-tsunami-19-years-on/Nineteen years ago on this day, massive tidal waves battered the coast of Sri Lanka and 13 other countries in the Indian Ocean and Africa, killing over 240,000 people and rendering 1.7 million homeless. For a population that did not even know the word ‘tsunami’ before 2004, we are now very much aware of the dangers posed by these massive waves.2023-12-25T20:43+0100dailynews-lk-ee424c2e529879a8758c45cfd911e3ad20231225204300https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.htmlEarthquake FAQ When was the latest earthquake anywhere in the world? The last earthquake in the world occurred 3 minutes ago: Minor mag. 2.2 earthquake - New Zealand on Monday, December 25, 2023 at 18:51 GMT. Where did the last earthquake happen in the world? The last quake above magnitude 4 today....2023-12-25T19:58+0100volcanodiscovery-e111214b5ddf500fbc4b5f96ceb034b620231225195800https://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-aea419c80f6ae9ae9411415f23efee6d20231225110600