On March 11, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 rocked the country of Japan, triggering a tsunami with waves up to 130 feet that devastated over 200 miles of land. The events produced a staggering loss of human life and property, and in its wake the problem of marine debris unfurled. As the tsunami receded from land, it washed much of what was in the inundation zone back into the ocean.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 rocked the country of Japan, triggering a tsunami with waves up to 130 feet that devastated over 200 miles of land. The events produced a staggering loss of human life and property, and in its wake the problem of marine debris unfurled. As the tsunami receded from land, it washed much of what was in the inundation zone back into the ocean.