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A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
In all probability, the much-feared Nankai quake won’t happen on July 5, but it will happen some time. That’s a warning we should all heed.
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Despite advances in tectonic science, earthquakes can’t be predicted.
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Gearoid Reidy
Life as we know it will probably not come to an end in Japan this weekend. But what if it does?
That’s the question consuming a disaster-prone country ahead of a widely spread prediction of disaster that one comic book suggests will occur on July 5.
