6003 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/8865214/mag4quake-Feb-21-2024-Japan-NEAR-TOKARA-ISLANDS.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Naze, a town with 41,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 70 km (43 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.2024-02-21T10:51+0100volcanodiscovery-1693cfa32bb2a4f528b1d2b0a9af4e9020240221105100https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8865183/mag4quake-Feb-21-2024-Japan-SW-EHIME-PREF.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ōita, a city with more than 450,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 99 km (61 mi) distance west 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.2024-02-21T10:36+0100volcanodiscovery-ab4aeed906b1c585e50f5bbde69966ef20240221103600https://www.asianews.it/notizie-it/La-fioritura-dei-ciliegi-%26lsquo%3Bsfratta%26rsquo%3B-gli-sfollati-del-terremoto-di-Capodanno-60192.htmlNoto, Ishikawa (AsiaNews/Agenzie) Il terremoto del primo dell’anno che ha colpito con una scossa di magnitudo 7,6 soprattutto la prefettura di Ishikawa è stato più mortale in Giappone negli ultimi otto anni, con 238 vittime accertate, 44.000 case completamente o parzialmente distrutte e circa 15 mila persone sfollate .2024-02-21T10:30+0100asianews-ca3bdace31c625aee87896629e96492420240221103000https://www.yourweather.co.uk/news/science/what-is-the-pacific-ring-of-fire-and-why-do-the-most-catastrophic-earthquakes-on-the-planet-occur-there.htmlThe earthquakes that occur along the Belt of Fire have the potential to trigger catastrophic tsunamis due to the release of seismic energy and the sudden movement of the earth's crust underwater. 21/02/2024 07:30 6 min. The Pacific Fire Belt (or Ring) is a geological formation that extends over....2024-02-21T09:44+0100yourweather-ec73dc1fdb30c4f80f23021b777226ef20240221094400