Japan was rocked by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 on Thursday, just two days before the exact date a prophet predicted a natural disaster would hit.
Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist, who has often been compared to doom prophet Baba Vanga has been famed for her accurate predictions.
She correctly prophesised about the deaths of Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana alongside many huge world events.
The artist was even able to predict the coronavirus pandemic and the Kobe earthquake in 2011.
A novel released by the artist based on her ‘prophetic dreams’ said that there would be a disastrous natural disaster on July 5, 2025.
Her predictions has led to a drop in flight bookings to Japan.
The artist herself has warned people not to place too much emphasis on her prophecies.
The novel, called The Future I Saw, was first published in 1999 and re-released in 2021.
Social media has been awash with her predictions, although the artist has said people should rather listen to expert insights.
After the chatter online, the governor of Miyagi prefecture, Yoshihiro Murai said: ‘It would be a significant issue if unfounded rumors on social media impacted tourism.
‘There is no cause for concern since the Japanese are not leaving the country.’
According to the country’s Meteorological Agency, the epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of the Tokara island chin located in Kagoshima, almost 745 miles away from Tokyo.
Despite the earthquake, the agency has said that a tsunami warning has not been issued.
Meanwhile, a seismic intensity of ‘6 lower’ on Japan’s 1-7 scale was recorded at Akusei Island, according to the agency.
More than 900 earthquakes has shaken the island in just the past two weeks, rendering residents sleepless.
Baba Vanga, born in 1911, also predicted that this year, there would be devastating earthquakes around the world.
She also accurately said that Europe would be rocked by a devastating war.
More disturbingly, she added that Russia would survive the wars and end up dominating the world.
The first edition of Ryo Tatsuki’s novel warned that a major natural disaster would occur in March 2011.
That was the month and year a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster hit Japan’s northeastern coast.
The disaster killed thousands of people and became a humanitarian crisis.
Experts have downplayed these types of predictions with some noting that even scientific based ones are impossible.
