Her government Japan warned today (05.07.2025) of the possibility of being marked by other powerful earthquakes In the southwestern part of the country, but called on citizens not to believe unfounded forecasts for a “mega” – vibration.
Yesterday, the authorities of Japan removed some of the inhabitants of the isolated island complex of Tokara, which belongs to the Kagosima Prefecture, south of the island of Kyusos, where a 5.5 -magnitude Richter scale on Thursday occurred.
This earthquake was one of more than 1,000 recorded in the last two weeks in the Tokara Islands and who have powered rumors of a major disaster, which began with forecast in a comic book for a big earthquake that will hit Japan in July.
“With our current scientific knowledge it is difficult to predict the exact time, point or size of an earthquake,” he underlined Ayataka Embita, Director of the earthquake and tsunami department at the Japanese Meteorological Service, shortly after another earthquake was recorded in the islands of Tokara 5.4 Richter.
‘We ask the citizens to rely on scientific evidence“, Embita stressed during a press conference.
This manga, which many believe predicts “today” will happen to Japan a disastrous eventhas pushed many tourists to avoid to visit the country.
The arrivals from Hong Kongwhere the reputation for this disaster is widely circulated, declined by 11% in May compared to the same month last year.
Japan recorded a number of tourist records this year, with April visiting the country 3.9 million tourists, a monthly record.
OR Riothe artist behind the manga entitled ‘The future I saw», Which first released the 1999 and then reissued in 2021, he has tried to limit rumors, stressing that “not a prophet».
With its 125 million inhabitants, Japan is at the point where four major tectonic plates meet in its heart.fire“The Pacific, which makes it one of the most earthquake -prone countries in the world.
Archipelago records approximately 1,500 earthquakes per yearcorresponding to approximately to the 18% of earthquakes made all over the world.
On January 1, 2024 earthquake 7.5 Richterthe strongest who has hit the country here 10 yearsnoted in the peninsula south, in central Japan, depriving life in 470 peoplemany of whom were elderly who died in the following days.