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 The location is near Christchurch.

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).