# Japan hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake

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**Created:** [March 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296 "2011-03-10T23:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296/568 "2012-01-24T10:43:05Z")

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> [@question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question/48050/10):
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> Just read (20min ago) in NatGeo that all of the debris that got washed into the Pacific should be here by 2014 I believe. Bodies, car tires, etc are what’s expected to be in there. After that, they expect it to just collect in the giant garbage patch in the Pacific.

First parts are already hitting since December.

> **[Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075110/First-Japanese-tsunami-debris-washes-West-Coast-9-months-disaster.html)**
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> The flotsam traveled about 4,500 miles on Pacific Ocean currents to reach the beaches of Neah Bay in far northwestern Washington state in 280 days.

![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/16/article-2075110-0F33562100000578-376_468x444.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/2/c2c74c50c7d860d74e2bd1c78b59aec440bc95b4.jpeg)

> Found: This large float made its way from Japan to Neah Bay, Washington, in about 280 days. Several have been found washed ashore in North America[LEFT]  
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