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.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10680286&ref=rssA strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Tonga early today, a minute after a moderate 5.5-magnitude quake shook the same area, AFP reported.There was no tsunami warning and a low likelihood of any casualties or damage in the...Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:26:00 +0200nzheraldennzherald-0ce52b5a6ff7e33e3305fe3deb407caeNaturalDisasters-21.136 -175.21620101013042600http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/second-tremor-in-24-hours-shakes-tonga-20101017-16om6.htmlA moderate earthquake measuring 5.9-magnitude has struck off the coast of Tonga just hours after another shallow tremor was reported.Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:21:00 +0200smhensmh-13ffef94718cf27e3e92c3b1dc91efeaNaturalDisasters-21.136 -175.21620101016232100http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201010/3037420.htm?desktopLast Updated: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:03:00 +1100 The New Zealand city of Christchurch has been rocked by a large, long earthquake. Witnesses say the magnitude 5 quake lasted about 20 seconds and shook buildings in the city centre. The tremor appears to be an aftershock following last month's powerful 7.Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:24:00 +0200australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-16f8f3789845c07935ad38db869980b5NaturalDisasters-43.5235 172.63820101013082400