Add today’s earthquake to the long list of strong quakes in 2023.

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Very strong M6.3 earthquake hits near the west coast of Honshu, Japan 
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.3 hit near the west coast of Ishikawa, Honshu, Japan at 05:42 UTC (14:42 LT) on May 5, 2023. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The USGS is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 8.7 km (5.4 miles); EMSC M6.2 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).

Animals Are Dying in Droves. What Are They Telling Us?

From flu-ridden sea lions to elephant die-offs, mass mortality events are becoming more common. We understand very little about their repercussions.

A sea lion slumps on its back, belly and neck exposed. A wildlife worker swabs another’s nose; curled into a comma, the emaciated animal screeches in protest. In another shot of Reuters B-roll, humans in hazmat suits shovel a shoreline grave under colorless skies, sprinkling a red mass of carcasses with chemical powder before sealing the burial with dark wet sand.

The numbers are as bleak as the footage: More than 3,400 sea lions sickened and dead of the H5N1 variant of avian influenza in Peru this winter and spring. With the animal weighing, on average, about 770 pounds, each of those infected corpses threatens to further pulse the pathogen along the Peruvian coastline, according to researchers there.

https://newrepublic.com/article/172221/animals-dying-sea-lions

Top Economist Warns The Next Recession Will Be As If “The Whole Country Takes A Pay Cut” 
Ever since the United States Federal Reserve (the central bank) began hiking interest rates in early 2022 to “combat inflation”, fears of recession have grown. But the next recession is going to be an ugly one, and it will appear as if “the whole country take a pay cut” according to former Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg, who is also the president of Rosenberg Research.