The sudden appearance of a massive amount of fish in Sarangani, Philippines has raised concerns about a possible earthquake. Some believe that the fish migration could be a sign of an impending disaster, citing a similar incident in Japan. However, the connection between the fish invasion and the earthquake is still unknown.
In a post on January 7, the popular page stated: “Ok Philippines on the matter of the massive amount of fish in Sarangani . It could either be a migration or something else is driving them from below. They look very nervous on the videos.” On January 9 dawn, or two days after the schools of fish invaded the coast of Maasim, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded a Magnitude 6.
7 earthquake that struck 154 kilometers southeast of Sarangani town in Davao Occidental, popularly called Balut Island. Some Facebook pages and users believed the swarming of the huge volume of the fish known locally as “lupoy” (juvenile sardines) could trigger a disaster, citing a similar incident in Japan where people connected it to a powerful earthquake that killed at least 200 people on January 1. Davao Portal wrote: “Yesterday, we posted about that swarm of a large number of fish in Sarangani, stating it’s an unusual phenomenon. Today, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off Sarangani. Were the two events connected? We don’t kno
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