Microsoft Word - maximenko_tsunami_debris.docxPress Release Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Where Will the Debris from Japanʼs Tsunami Drift in the Ocean? The powerful tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake destroyed coastal towns near Sendai in Japan, washing such things as houses and cars into the ocean. Projections of where this debris might head have been made by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner at the International Pacific Research Center
