Many whale carcasses washed up on the coast of CH Cyrus

According to the Cyprus Oceanographic and Fisheries Research Service, six beaked whales were found dead on February 10. A day earlier, a group of four whales had run aground on the beach. Rescuers rescued and brought three whales back to the sea, while the other whale died.

The agency’s expert Yiannis Ioannou said whales have echolocation capabilities and this ability can be affected by sounds at sea such as those from military exercises, response drills. with earthquakes or earthquakes occurring in the area.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on February 6 in Turkey and Syria, killing more than 22,000 people. The tremors of this earthquake were also felt in the eastern Mediterranean.