MASS STRANDINGS AND THE EARTHQUAKE
RESPONSIBLE
1978
56 sperm whales strand in the Gulf
of California on December 31, 1978
2008
500 narwhals trapped in the ice in
November in Northern Canada
Fifty-three pilot whales have died on 20
November when they mass stranded on Anthony's Beach near Stanley on
Tasmania
On 27 December 2008, five common
dolphins washed up on the Brewster, and three Risso's dolphins came ashore
in Wellfleet.
2009
On 10 February 2009, the BBC reported that
several hundred melon-headed whales were swimming around in circles apparently
lost in Manila Bay.
On Thursday, 10 December 2009, seven sperm whales beached on Italy's southern coast (North of Varano Lake,
Peninsula of Gargano, Apulia, Southeast Italy)
On 13 December, a pod of dolphins came
ashore at Cape Cod. This stranding was predicted.
On 26 December 2009, 125 pilot
whales were discovered stranded on Farewell Spit Beach, South Island, New
Zealand
2010:
On 23 January 2010, about 60 pilot whales stranded inside the bay near the town of Levy
on the Bank Peninsular, eastern shore of South Island, New Zealand
On 15 February 2010, 28 pilot whales
went ashore on Stewart Island, located off the southern tip of South Island, New
Zealand.
On 11 March 2010, 16 white sided
dolphins stranded on Cape Cod as the results of a series of 8 earthquakes near
Iceland
On 20 June 2010, 92 pilot whales
strand in the Cape Verde Islands as a result of a 6.3 Mb earthquake occurring on
25 May 2010 (epicenter time 8:09 am) along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
system (35.41 N ; 35.97 W).
