200 Pilot Whales in Deep Trouble Northwest of Iceland
NEAR STRANDING NORTHWEST OF ICELAND Whale Dangerous earthquake swarm: A series of 11 mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Greenland Sea induces barosinusitis in a pod of ~200 pilot whales. ( Read how undersea earthquakes cause sinus barotrauma in an entire pod of diving whales. Starting on the night of 13 July and continuing until 18 July 2012, eleven volcanic-tectonic earthquakes struck along the riff valley of the mid-ocean ridge system 56 km (34 miles) NNW of Jan Mayen Island in the Greenland Sea. http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278610 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278611 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278612 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278613 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278614 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278615 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=278616 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.