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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.

Despite advances in tectonic science, earthquakes can’t be predicted.

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Gearoid Reidy

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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. 

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