Alert: 5.4 earthquake, Solomon Islands. Aug 3 3:08pm at epicenter (20m ago, 93km S of Arawa, depth 42km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
5.4

Date-Time

Friday, August 03, 2012 at 04:08:58 UTC
Friday, August 03, 2012 at 03:08:58 PM at epicenter

Location
7.051°S, 155.656°E

Depth
42.3 km (26.3 miles)

Region
SOLOMON ISLANDS

Distances

93 km (58 miles) S (173°) from Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
116 km (72 miles) WSW (248°) from Chirovanga, Solomon Islands
176 km (109 miles) NW (311°) from Gizo, Solomon Islands
544 km (338 miles) WNW (299°) from HONIARA, Solomon Islands
956 km (594 miles) E (93°) from Lae, New Guinea, PNG

Location Uncertainty
horizontal [...]

Shocking Numbers: Home Prices Across The Northeast Are In Total Freefall

Many of these “experts” have skin in the game and hope to lure you back into the market. They base their assumptions on the fact that housing prices seem to be falling more slowly.  They’re not.  Take a look at these shocking numbers I uncovered in the last two weeks:

SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PRICES IN THE NORTHEAST
February 2012

Location            Avg. Price Per Sq. Ft       Change from Feb. 2011

Connecticut

Fairfield County       [...]

Alert: 5.6 earthquake, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Feb 28 4:31am at epicenter (20m ago, 83km SW of Naha, depth 19km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
5.6

Date-Time

Monday, February 27, 2012 at 19:31:48 UTC
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 04:31:48 AM at epicenter

Location
25.575°N, 127.159°E

Depth
18.6 km (11.6 miles)

Region
RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

Distances

83 km (52 miles) SW (218°) from Naha, Okinawa, Japan
326 km (202 miles) ENE (66°) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
1326 km (824 miles) S (179°) from SEOUL, South Korea

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.8 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles)

Parameters
NST=311, Nph=315, [...]

USGS: 5.8 earthquake, Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia. Dec 7 10:38pm at epicenter (13m ago, 269km SSW of Ternate, depth 16km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
5.8

Date-Time

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at 13:38:27 UTC
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at 10:38:27 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
1.453°S, 126.493°E

Depth
16.4 km (10.2 miles)

Region
KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA

Distances
266 km (165 miles) SSW of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia
311 km (193 miles) NW of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
792 km (492 miles) N of DILI, Timor-Leste
1309 km (813 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 14.2 [...]

MYSTERY: Hungary likely source of elevated radioactivity levels

Elevated levels of the radioactive element iodine-131 that were detected in several nations have been identified as likely originating at a Hungarian research institute, nuclear authorities said Thursday.
Hungarian officials said the leak probably came from the Budapest-based Institute of Isotopes, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement.

The institute has acknowledged emitting higher quantities of iodine-131 than normal but denies being the source of any elevated radiation.

“Radiation levels in [...]

Italy 10-Year Auction Yields Hit New Euro Lifetime High; Fitch: Greek Debt Deal a Default

Just headlines:

Spanish jobless rate soars to near 15-year high
TEPCO eyes 30% cut in pensions to raise funds for nuclear compensation
Italian yields jump after disappointing auction
Italy 10-Year Auction Yields Hit New Euro Lifetime High
Writedown for Greece queried as Ireland shoulders full debt
States’ Medicaid Cost-Cutting May Not Control Program Spending
State spending on Medicaid rises sharply
German court suspends parliament’s bailout committee
Greek Bank Investors Facing Wipeout
Whirlpool takes axe to outlook, jobs (“Whirlpool will cut [...]

ALERT: 7.1 earthquake, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. Jul 10 10:57am at epicenter (10m ago, 231km E of Sendai, depth 10km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
7.0

Date-Time

Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 00:57:12 UTC
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 10:57:12 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
38.040°N, 143.287°E

Depth
34.9 km (21.7 miles)

Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances
212 km (131 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
239 km (148 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
250 km (155 miles) E of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
409 km (254 miles) NE of TOKYO, [...]

For a single-family house, Concord’s rate will rise from $306 to $326 per year

Central Contra Costa sewer rates to rise

For a single-family house, Concord’s rate will rise from $306 to $326 per year. In the sanitary district, the rate will rise from $311 to $341. Commercial rates and increases may differ depending on the business…..In the sanitary district, the rate increase is needed to pay for sewer maintenance, treatment plant upgrades and higher pension and employee benefit [...]

Alert: 4.6 earthquake, Antofagasta, Chile. May 6 7:30pm at epicenter (24m ago, 89km NE of Calama, depth 108km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
4.6

Date-Time

Friday, May 06, 2011 at 23:30:34 UTC
Friday, May 06, 2011 at 07:30:34 PM at epicenter

Location
21.926°S, 68.311°W

Depth
107.6 km (66.9 miles)

Region
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Distances

89 km (56 miles) NE (45°) from Calama, Chile
265 km (165 miles) SE (135°) from Iquique, Chile
287 km (179 miles) NE (48°) from Antofagasta, Chile
1146 km (712 miles) WNW (287°) from ASUNCION, Paraguay

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 15.8 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles)

Parameters
NST= 87, Nph= [...]

Time for the ACTUAL jobs numbers, make sure to read and UNDERSTAND all the comments.

by TK

Expectation of 405,000… Print: 454,000! Worst print in forever (well, October). The BLS calls it a “weather related backlog.” Read – snow. Call it what it is – Stagflation, baby.

Non-seasonally adjusted number came at 482,399, as 161,913 people fell off extended benefits.

Continuing claims: 3,991K on expectations of 3,873K.

And just to complete the stagflationary picture, durable goods decreased by 2.5% on expectations of plus 1.5%, down from [...]

Just a little unemployment data, a new year.

by TK

Still much worse than historical, waiting for the coverage number to reset which will be next week. It has been in a decline for two years now after historically ADDING 1.9 million per year:

W/Ending ……. 2011 ……. 2010 ……. 2009 ……. 2008 ……. 2007
YTD Totals… 1,892,596… 2,113,366…2,455,736…1,483,966…1,512,747
1/1/2011 … 578,904 … 645,446 … 731,958 … 521,311 … 499,979
1/8/2011 … 763,098 … 815,593 … 959,791 … 547,506 … 506,059
1/15/2011 … 550,594 [...]