seaquake in Greenland Sea kills 3 sperm whales
Is there a connection? On 16 February 2014, two sperm whales beach on the Danish West Coast of the North Sea. Six days after the Danish beachings, a dead sperm whale was found on the beach in Kent, UK, 400 miles downstream from the Danish Coast stranding. Sperm whales often strand in this fashion. It is reasonable to assume that these 3 stranded sperm whales are all from the same pod. In keeping with the earthquake theory, these whales were injured by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake (USGS) that occurred in the Greenland Sea on 16 January 2014 ( 08:14:46 UTC - 09:14:46 local time) The epicenter was located at 73.7856N --- 8.5432E; depth of focus shown as 10 km, a default depth for oceanic EGs. The European geosite list this event at Magnitude 4.9 with a focus at only 3.1 km below the ocean's surface . In my opinion, a mag 4.9 at 3.1 km is more whale-dangerous than a 5.3 at 10 km. The 3.1 km depth at the European site is calculated by a geophysicists