Minke whale strands days after fireball

2025, August 2. USA, New Jersey, Barnegat Bay near the inlet. A Minke whale, approximately 20 feet in length, was in distress and struck a small vessel in shallow water. It died shortly after. It comes after the 30th July fireball. 2025, July 30. USA, Fireball. Seen in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Travelling SW across the New York/New Jersey Bight.

Third airburst in Mexico region Updated 20250604

An airburst over land in Mexico brings the tally to three in just over 6 months. The cumulative energy released is 6.8 kt or 6,800,000 kg/TNT. The other two occurred over the Pacific Ocean. This meteor activity has profoundly affected cetacean activity in the region, with its ramifications felt north along the USA west coast. 

2025, May 31. Mexico, Hidalgo State, Xiliapa. Airburst. Coordinates: (98.8 W, 21.1 N). Time: 23:06. Energy: e = 38.6, -e = 1 or 1,000,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 47.3 km. Velocity: 17.8 km/sec.  

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2025, May 29. USA, Oregon, Cachalot (sperm whale). Adult male, measured approximately 53 ft long. Cause of death: It appears to have been due to a pre-mortem vessel strike interaction.

2025, June 1. UK, Cleethorpes. Dead dolphin.

2025, June 1. UK, Cleveleys beach. A dead porpoise. It’s the latest porpoise to wash up on a Fylde coast beach in recent months, with others discovered on beaches in Fleetwood and Blackpool.

2025, June 2. USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay. Fireball. Time: 20:07EDT Seen in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island. A Marine Animal Disturbance Alert should be noted for this region due to historical data showing it as a cetacean stranding hotspot. Update: Cancel Alert due to information suggesting this event was above the inland coast, not water. 

Cetacean strandings since April 8

This list is incomplete due to information already covered and future data entry. There is also a continued stream of beaked whale deaths coming to shore in New Zealand. 

2025, April 8. Philippines, Pangasinan. Dead Irrawaddy dolphin.

2025, April 9. USA, Cape Cod, Chapins Beach. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 10. USA, North Carolina, Outer Banks, near Shad Street in Corolla. A dead female juvenile humpback whale washed ashore. The carcass floating in the surf moderately decomposed.

2025, April 11. Malaysia, Penang, Teluk Bahang beach, Straits of Melacca. The carcass of an Irrawaddy dolphin, was found washed ashore.

2025, April 11. Greece, Roda beach in North Corfu. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 12. USA, California, Hunington Beach, Pasea Hotel. A Gray whale washed ashore dead.

2025, April 14. Philippines, Nanay. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 13. Cambodia, Kampot, Boeung Touk commune, Bokor town, Kampot province. 3 Melon headed whales were rescued after stranding.

2025, April 15. Ireland, Donegal, Mouncharles Pier. A porpoise washed ashore dead.

2025, April 15. Hong Kong, Cheung Chau. A Indo-Pacific finless porpoise washed shore in advanced state of decomposition.

2025, April 16. Pakistan, Sukkur. An endangered Indus River dolphin, commonly known as the blind dolphin, was found dead near Gate No. 5 of the Sukkur Barrage.

2025, April 16. USA, Massachusetts, Plum Cove Beach in Gloucester. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 17. USA, New York, Queens, Rockaway Park. Dead dolphin.  

Massachusetts Whale Death

2024, October 31. USA, Massachusetts, Westport, Elephant Rock. A humpback whale washed up after being dead for some time. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was only able to provide limited details.

Humpback Whale Stranded on Westport Beach

Cape Cod mass dolphin stranding. Update 20240919

2024, September 16. USA, Cape Cod, Linnell Landing. 14 bottlenose dolphins were stranded with three confirmed dead. In just the last two weeks, rescue agencies have responded to 26 common and bottlenose dolphin strandings.

Cape Cod bottlenose dolphin stranding – NBC Boston

Big rise in stranded dolphin numbers in UK.

 Big rise in stranded dolphin numbers, say rescuers (bbc.com)

Fireballs and whale strandings on the east coast of the USA

Since the May 15th Airburst on the east coast of the America, fireball after fireball was seen, even a daylight meteor over New York that created a sonic boom causing a tremor. See the posts below for events and further information. Note: These are just animal strandings in Massachusetts and do not include surrounding states, which is concerning.

6/28/2024: 146 live dolphins stranded, 37 died, 7 euthanized, 102 survived.

7/05/2024: 4 dead dolphins.

7/06/2024: Dead dolphin.

7/10/2014: Dead Loggerhead turtle this summer.

7/10/2024: Dead Minke Whale.

7/12/2024: Dead Humpback whale, last was seen healthy had the name ‘Lollipop.

7/14/2024: Dead Humpback Whale.

7/18/2024: Dead dolphin (in oil soot by offshore wind vessel). It is not known if this was the cause of the whale's death.

7/19/2024: Unidentified dolphin or small whale found today.

9 stranded, deceased marine wildlife events in Massachusetts in less than a month – New Bedford Guide

Above are the events witnessed and catalogued by the AMS in Massachusetts in June and July. None were recorded in the state in the month before, apart from the event to the top right, a large meteor/airburst on May 15th, out of the activity zone. There have been strandings in the area to the north from Massachusetts into Nova Scotia, which is south of Newfoundland.

Mass stranding at Cape Cod - Is a fireball or pushed stranding to blame. Update 20240701

2024, June 8. USA, Rhode Island, North Atlantic. Fireball. Time: 07:17UT.

2024, June 28. USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, “The Gut,” an area near Great Island and Herring River in Wellfleet. 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins stuck, 10 dead in record-breaking stranding off Cape Cod. International Fund for Animal Welfare is calling the biggest “single mass stranding event” in its response history in the past 25 years.

Update 20240701: Another 4 individuals are now dead.

Update: 20240714: 146 individuals stranded making it the largest mass stranding of mammals in US history. 

See post: Fireball off Rhode Island in North Atlantic June 9. The trajectory was updated a few days after event.

American Meteor Society (amsmeteors.org)

125 dolphins stuck, 10 dead in record-breaking stranding off Cape Cod - masslive.com

The above fireball appears perfect or too perfect. This is the same scenario that gets Sonic Systems into trouble. The airburst does %99.99 of the damage and the secondary scare lands the animals on the beach. It's like someone cracking their head at home and two hours later getting run over. The car gets the blame. 

In all likelihood, the dolphin stranding started weeks ago to the north, off Newfoundland, with the May 15th airburst below. It wasn't powerful; however, injury is injury and once the dolphins were on the run they headed south. Then they get freaked out by the electrophonic meteor on June 8. Cape Code resembles many parts of the world that look like whale traps, but they are not whale traps, they are sanctuaries. This is why South Africa receives fewer strandings because the continent is narrow. The whales can pick up on any meteor activity, choose where to go, east or west, and see safety gained quickly. This safety is hard to come by in other parts of the world when topography doesn't allow it, so grabbing any small inlet or harbour is received well.

2024, May 15. Canada, Newfoundland. North of Fogo Island. North Atlantic. Airburst. Time: 12:48. (Latitude: 49.8, Longitude: -54.1). e= 2.8. -e+ 0.098 or equivalent energy of 98,000 kg/TNT. Altitude 64.2 km.  

Bolide visualizer (seti.org)

Fireball cetacean strandings on the east coast of the USA

It started in September 2023 and hasn't let up since. Fireball after fireball. The east coast of America has seen above-average meteor events. Since April 29 alone, from Delaware to Massachusetts, there have been 11 marine animal deaths. The deaths have been documented from Florida to Canada. These meteor events correspond to stranding cases.

The Whale and Dolphin Deaths That We Stopped Talking About Are Still Happening in New Jersey (shorenewsnetwork.com)

Mass stranding of dolphins in Massachusetts and dead dolphin in Texas

2024, April 13.USA, Massachusetts, Duck Creek in Wellfleet. 5 dolphins were rescued, however, 2 died.

5 dolphins rescued, 2 dead after being stranded on Cape Cod (boston.com)

2024, April 7. USA, Massuchusetts. Time: around 01:15 UT, 21:15EDT. Fireball.

Fireball Logs - American Meteor Society (amsmeteors.org)

2024, April 13. USA, Texas, Houston, Rockport. A dead dolphin was located in an advanced state of decomposition.

Dead dolphin ashore creates bureaucratic snafu for coastal Texas town (lmtonline.com)

Minke whale dies in Scotland. Also, USA dolphin stranding rescue success. Update Meteor North Sea

2024, March 27. England and Scotland. North Sea. Large Meteor. Time: Around 23:19 UT. Traveling S.W.

2024, March 27. Scotland, beach at North Berwick harbour, around 20 miles (32km) east of Edinburgh. A 31-foot (9.5m) dead female minke whale.

Dead 30-foot minke whale washes up on UK beach (msn.com)

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2024, March 27. USA, Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Three common dolphins successfully floated back to deep water after being located swimming in shallow waters in Cape Cod Bay. All three were stranded on a mudlfat.