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://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/41873511/SYDNEY -- A strong earthquake has struck under the sea near the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. There are no reports of damage or injuries and officials say there is no significant tsunami threat.TSun, 09 Jan 2011 15:41:00 +0100irishsunenirishsun-965e33dd62cefbe9822fba6222057711NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109154100http://dalje.com/en-world/earthquake-hits-south-pacific-near-vanuatu/331978PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean floor near Vanuatu Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of damage, Xinhua reported. The quake struck at 9:03 p.m.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:37:00 +0100javno-enenjavno-en-0425f01cef298a9c533b1fcc109dbd72NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109183700http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/StrongquakehitsVanatuIslands/Article/KUALA LUMPUR: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in the Vanuatu Islands at 6.04pm today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement here said its epicentre was 1060 kilometres southwest of Suva, Fiji and 6086 kilometres southeast of Tawau, Sabah. The earthquake did not pose any tsunami threat to Malaysia, the statement added.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:43:00 +0100nstennst-0b145d5d553eec2ef91de765a97d7673NaturalDisasters4.249592 117.881520110109124300http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/09/strong-earthquake-recorded-near-vanuatu.htmlA strong earthquake has struck under the sea near the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. There are no reports of damage or injuries and officials say there is no significant tsunami threat.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:13:00 +0100JakartaPostenJakartaPost-f4d5b3de7fa08eb0b4bc29c0308ab4b1NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109151300http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201101/3109281.htm?desktopLast Updated: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 23:53:00 +1100 A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck beneath the sea near Vanuatu. However the US Geological Survey says no tsunami warning has been issued and there have been no reports of damage. The quake struck at depth of 31 kilometres 110 kilometres from....Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:11:00 +0100australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-398da7d06a258c56385e394d30f27ad0NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109151100http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-01/09/c_13682858.htmAn earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck beneath the sea near the south Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday night. The US Geological Survey said no tsunami warning was issued.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:51:00 +0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0995d84e99057820efa3db3ee26feec0NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109145100http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/strong-69-earthquake-strikes-off-vanuatu-in-south-pacific/story-e6frfku0-1225984675615A STRONG 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck beneath the sea near the south Pacific island nation of Vanuatu tonight.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:53:00 +0100NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-dabf8e35292b4b45dec2d362818d71cdNaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109125300http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/09/Earthquake-hits-South-Pacific-near-Vanuatu/UPI-50341294591279/PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean floor near Vanuatu Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:13:00 +0100upienupi-d23d80a62b8f3b0dfa29774457484f0cNaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109181300http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/10/3109308.htmA strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck near the south Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, but no tsunami warning has been issued.Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:05:00 +0100abc-auenabc-au-8ad94be59b1a91f8ab1cb84d5b8765c7NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120110109220500