10570 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/8845209/mag4quake-Feb-10-2024-Japan-OFF-S-NIIGATA-PREF.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Jōetsu, a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 79 km (49 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....2024-02-10T16:56+0100volcanodiscovery-67c9215753f22cd89e912d5a88fbc37920240210165600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8844510/mag4quake-Feb-10-2024-Japan-SW-IBARAKI-PREF.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tokyo, the capital of with 8,300,000 inhabitants, in 78 km (48 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.2024-02-10T09:07+0100volcanodiscovery-9ebecae4758b8c42c97074b53fccbd4820240210090700https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/ocn/ws/pageite_000001_00002.htmlOn February 10, commencing at 3:00 p.m local time (11:00 a.m.JST) for approximately 30 minutes, Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who was visiting the Independent State of Samoa, held a meeting with Hon. MULIPOLA Anarosa Ale Molio’o, Minister of Women, Community and Social Development, Independent State of Samoa.2024-02-10T08:39+0100japan-foreign-office-e6f9a7df9be4d5e0d45219aae879138b20240210083900https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/ocn/ws/pageite_000001_00001.htmlOn February 10, commencing at 0:25 p.m. local time (8:25 a.m. JST) for approximately 1 hour 40 minutes, Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who was visiting Independent State of Samoa, made a courtesy call on Hon. FIAME Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and....2024-02-10T08:39+0100japan-foreign-office-178f158ab17a30b0825fac6e1f095fbf20240210083900