Did the new Baba Vanga predict the Russia quake and Pacific tsunami?

A chilling prophecy from Ryo Tatsuki eerily matches the Russia quake and tsunami that struck Pacific nations this week

Millions were placed under tsunami advisories on 30 July 2025 after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s coast, triggering waves that reached Japan, Hawaii, and the US west coast. But as authorities raced to respond, a decades-old prophecy by a mysterious Japanese psychic resurfaced, and stunned readers with its uncanny accuracy.

Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist often dubbed the ‘new Baba Vanga’, had long predicted a catastrophic underwater disaster in the Pacific. In her cult 1990s book The Future I Saw, Tatsuki described the ocean ‘boiling’ near southern Japan, massive cracks in the seafloor, and tsunami waves three times higher than the ones that devastated Japan in 2011.

Though her original date was 5 July 2025, the powerful 8.8 magnitude quake that hit near the Kuril Islands on 30 July, just 25 days later, has reignited global fascination with her visions. Warnings were issued across Asia and the Americas. While damage was limited, the scale of the event closely mirrored Tatsuki’s predictions, which were based on vivid dreams she reportedly experienced decades ago.

Tatsuki had also famously foreseen the deaths of Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana, and the 1995 Kobe earthquake, each one timed eerily close to her predictions. Her latest warning has already impacted tourism, with flight bookings to Japan plunging amid fears of another seismic catastrophe.

Still, officials urge calm. Japanese authorities have dismissed her prophecies as unscientific, though her growing cult status suggests the public isn't easily convinced. For many, the question now is whether this was coincidence, or the beginning of more to come.