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Seaquake Causes 7 Sperm Whales to Beach in Southern Australia on Dec. 8th, 2014

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On 22 Nov. 2014, a magnitude 5.1 seaquake erupted in the seafloor along the Southeast Indian Ridge   2006 km (1246 mi) SSW  of   Perth, Australia.   This area is a known sperm whale feeding habitat. The whales dive along this range of volcanic mountains feeding mostly on squid. The quake occur at  49.196 S ; 108.748 E. This location is not far from 49.700 S ; 125.870 E  where sperm whales were injury by a seaquake on 5 October 2014.   This group stranded at Golden Bay New Zealand on 22 November 2014. Sixteen days after the seaquake, on Monday morning (December 8), six sperm whales stranded on  Parara Beach  in the Gulf of Saint Vincent just south of the town of  Ardrossan. A seventh whale was found near a jetty later in the day.   A fisherman has also reported seeing an eighth whale in deeper water. (see top news report) Ardrossan caravan park manager Steve Ruddock said a worker at his park spotted some of the stranded whales splashing in the water as the tide headed on the mor

WHALES STRANDED IN GULF OF ST LAWRENCE WERE INJURED BY EARTHQUAKES

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CANADA, GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS, - On Tuesday, 21 October 2014, Nine pilot whales stranded inside Sunbury Cove, in Prince County, ~7 miles west of Summerside. On October 12, 2014, a series of 3 earthquakes in the seafloor along the Reykjanes Ridge about 3,000 km SW of Reykjavik produced the sudden injurious changes in ambient diving pressures that injured the cranial air spaces of these nine pilot whales. Links to the scientific data for these 3 events:  Mw 5.4 , Mw5.5 , and Mw 4.6 . These quakes were all vertical thrusting events that occurred in the heart of a known pilot whale habitat. These nine whales might have been part of a larger group. A storm at sea could have caused them to be separated. If so, the larger pod is still at sea, swimming downstream and headed towards Cape Cod Bay. They should arrive during the first week of November. IS THERE A COVER-UP? You will not hear this from anyone but me. Either I am a raving idiot or there is a ma