New Delhi, July 31 -- A prediction from a Japanese manga made years ago is back in the spotlight after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.

Notably, the quake sent tsunami waves towards Japan's northern Hokkaido island and Russia's Kuril Islands.

This has revived discussion around a 1999 prediction made by Japanese artist Ryo Tatsuki, often called the 'New Baba Vanga'. Some social media users are calling it a fulfilled prophecy, although the timing was slightly off.

In her manga, 'The Future I Saw', Tatsuki wrote of a crack forming under the sea between Japan and the Philippines. According to her, this would cause a tsunami three times stronger than the one in 2011.

As reports of th...