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 http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/australia/2008/08/31/172612/Strong%2Dquake.htmA magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the second largest town in the Pacific islands nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with witnesses saying it lasted several seconds and shook buildings.2008-08-31T05:31+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-c0c145295bd3844fd890ef72b65eefc220080831053100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/30/worldupdates/2008-08-30T151418Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-352447-2&sec=WorldupdatesCANBERRA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the second largest town in the Pacific islands nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with witnesses saying it lasted several seconds and shook buildings.2008-08-30T12:35+0200thestarenthestar-aba2594357cb124f630e92e0e6f1fed720080830123500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD52871.htm30 Aug 2008 09:41:34 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds detail, changes dateline) CANBERRA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the second largest town in the Pacific islands nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with witnesses ...2008-08-30T12:34+0200alertnetenalertnet-7af39bbef0b92e377c4e217ad5ad02b320080830123400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/30/content_9740754.htmCANBERRA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea just before 5 p.m. local time (0700 GMT) Saturday, about 68 kilometers north-northeast of Lae, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. There are no immediate reports of injuries or property damage, the report said.2008-08-30T12:28+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0fc5fd35c87c13b4696f6f2559b2a4da20080830122800http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN3046302820080830?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsCANBERRA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the second largest town in the Pacific islands nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with witnesses saying it lasted several seconds and shook buildings.2008-08-30T11:55+0200reutersenreuters-af7e61078db94c10ccd31858ab2090a220080830115500http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2350951.htmA magnitude 6.3 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea. The quake struck just before 5pm local time, about 68 kilometres north-northeast of Lae. There are no immediate reports of injuries or property damage.2008-08-30T11:08+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-7b4056d7a820a1b07d7eff3c1783bf9820080830110800http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/30/worldupdates/2008-08-30T125234Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-352447-1&sec=WorldupdatesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the island of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.2008-08-30T10:17+0200thestarenthestar-b209bbc820645c42e380c8ef6471687a20080830101700http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN3046302820080830?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the island of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.2008-08-30T09:54+0200reutersenreuters-4a5af09bbaba7f499b9a04108678e92a20080830095400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30463028.htm30 Aug 2008 07:20:15 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the island of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located about ...2008-08-30T09:53+0200alertnetenalertnet-8a971e7d39b92a0c899090fffef2416e20080830095300