Earthquake Debris Appears On Canadian Shores
Nine months later, British Columbia’s coastline is receiving the physical reminders of the disaster which struck Japan earlier this year:
The items found on the West Coast are believed to be remnants of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting seven-metre tsunami that hit northeast Japan on March 11.
Anticipating the arrival of some of a 100-million-ton mass of debris from Japan estimated to cover an area the size of Ontario, the organizer of a website that’s cataloguing objects is bracing for upsetting discoveries.