Japan’s Baba Vanga Predicted July Quake—Did Kamchatka Disaster Prove Her Right?

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A prophecy once dismissed as fantasy has taken global headlines. Japan’s 'New Baba Vanga,' manga artist Ryo Tatsuki, warned of disaster in July 2025. Now, just weeks after her foretold date, a massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake has struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, unleashing tsunami waves on Russian and Japanese coasts. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;

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00:00have you ever felt a chill reading an old prophecy then days later watched the world

00:16play out that very scene well on wednesday 30th of july 2025 this is exactly what has happened

00:24a massive earthquake magnitude 8.7 struck off russia's kamchatka peninsula within minutes

00:33tsunami waves slammed into russia's coral islands and northern japan sending millions scrambling for

00:41safety what makes this even more surreal is an eerie connection the prophecy of ryo tatsuki

00:49japan's so-called new baba manga if you haven't heard the name before tatsuki is a manga artist

00:57who decades ago published the future i saw a comic now infamous for its haunting prediction

01:04that in july 2025 the seas around japan would boil as the month drew near her forecast filled social

01:14media feeds and headlines sparking nervous jokes reported travel cancellations and let's be

01:21honest a lot of skepticism japanese social media was flooded with hashtags like july 5 disaster

01:30fast forward to today and her prophecy has become real not because of the precise date because what

01:39she mentioned was 5th of july and the quake struck on 30th of july but because of the scale and timing

01:47of the disaster were well shockingly close a manga prophecy became real images of surging water shaken

01:56buildings and evacuation sirens echoing down tokyo streets on the ground it's all too real in japan's

02:06hokkaido and along russia's coast tsunami warnings blurred sirens sent families running for higher

02:13ground while mass evacuations took place even at the fukushima nuclear plant still scarred from tragedy

02:20a decade ago videos from both countries show homes shaking and roads splitting

02:28tsunami warnings blurred across the pacific russia japan alaska and even hawaii braced for impact

02:35as meteorological agencies predicted destruction waves some reaching three to four meters high along

02:42the kamchatka coast and up to three meters expected in parts of japan but let's get real for a second

02:50scientists are quick to remind us that while predictions can stir your imagination there is

02:56currently no technology that can actually forecast the date and the place of an earthquake

03:03kamchatka sits on the infamous ring of fire it's one of the world's most dangerous earthquake zones

03:11so is this prophecy fulfilled or is it just a wild coincidence still today ryo tatsuki's 1999 comic has

03:22become a strange comfort for some and a bad omen for others for years prophecies attributed to the late

03:29bulgarian mystic babavanga have also spread anxiety and debate and whether you are a believer or a

03:37skeptic this story is an example of the awesome unpredictable power of nature and the very human

03:45urge to find meaning when it strikes what do you think of the prophecy let us know in the comments

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