1800 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/9361100/mag4quake-May-2-2024-Russia-Kuril-Islands.htmlBased on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 19.3 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 13.9 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.74 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.2024-05-02T17:57+0200volcanodiscovery-135cdd48296aaf411dc43c8c99dac30b20240502175700https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9360947/mag3quake-May-2-2024-Russia-E-OFF-HOKKAIDO.htmlMag. 8 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years) Mag. 7 or higher: 0.1 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 9.6 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 1.11 quakes per year; Mag. 5 or higher: 3.4 quakes per year; Mag. 4 or higher: 22.8 quakes per year; Mag. 3 or higher: 68 quakes per year (or 5.6 quakes per month) Mag.2024-05-02T15:58+0200volcanodiscovery-79574120935b79bd8981abb77499755e20240502155800https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/world-news-no-indian-firms-involved-in-providing-visa-on-arrival-at-colombo-airport-high-commission-5935925.htmlColombo, May 2 (PTI) The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka on Thursday dismissed as "unwarranted" the local media reports and social media posts that blamed an "Indian company" for bungling the visa issuance at the Bandaranaike International Airport here.2024-05-02T14:56+0200latestly-c6adcb3a8e9382be3a43be3bd26ec9c720240502145600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9360298/mag5quake-May-2-2024-Fox-Islands-Aleutian-Islands.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Nikolski , a town with 18 inhabitants in the United States , in 96 km (60 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.2024-05-02T09:27+0200volcanodiscovery-6d5f9ea54ceafa336778b4051194772720240502092700