The Japan government warned Saturday of potentially strong earthquakes in the maritime area southwest of its islands, but urged the public not to believe in unfounded forecasts for a great disaster.
Authorities moved on Friday some islands located close to the focus of the 5.5 -magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale that occurred on the coast of the southernmost island of Chora, Kyusu.
Thursday’s earthquake was one of most of the 1,000 earthquakes that occurred in the islands of the province Kagosima In the past two weeks, which have fueled rumors that come from the “Mang” “The Future I Saw”which speaks of a disaster that will hit the country this month.
“Manga” are comic book or graphic novels from Japan. Most “Manga” follow a style that developed in the country in the late 19th century and has a long history in early Japanese art.
The ‘The Future I Saw’ her Rio caught attention after earthquake and tsunami in Toch In 2011, when it was found that the cover of the book had apparently “predicted” a “disaster” that would happen in March 2011.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake occurred in northeast Japan, 9.0 – 9.1 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was 130 kilometers east of Sendai, on the island Honsu of Japan, and before the earthquake the seismic activity in the area had increased.
It was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth strongest earthquake in the world since modern archives began in 1900. The tsunami caused on the Japanese coast has reached 40.5 meters high, and coincided with houses, buildings and cars at 20 km. Swept the Japanese inland and killed over 15,000 people
In 2020, “Manga” “The Future I Saw » It attracted even more attention despite the fact that the original publishing house (Asahi Sonorama) had closed and the book itself had been exhausted, resulting in raising copies. ‘Manga’, which was re -inflamed in 2021, ‘warned’ of one ‘Real disaster’ In July 2025, causing mass hysteria.
Summer trips to Japan from East Asia have declined significantly and several airlines have canceled flights to Japan, apparently due to travelers’ concerns that forecasts would be verified. Arrivals from Hong Kong, where rumors have been widely released, decreased by 11% in May compared to the same month last year, according to the latest data.
“With our current scientific knowledge, it is difficult to predict the exact time, place or scale of an earthquake”said the Ayataka Embita, Director of the Japanese Meteorological Service (and tsunami) department, after an earthquake of 5.4 Richter that shocked the area on Saturday.
‘We ask everyone rely on scientific evidence and not on rumors‘Embita said at a press conference.
OR Riothe artist behind the ‘The Future I Saw’stated that ‘Not a prophet’in a statement posted by its publisher.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the most seismic active areas. There is about one fifth of the total earthquakes of 6 on the Richter scale and above in the world.
Source :Skai
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