There Is No Scientific Evidence that the Emergence of Oarfish (or End-of-the-World Fish) Is Predicting an Earthquake

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With earthquakes like those in Granada or Colombia today, videos of an elongated marine creature that would supposedly be able to foreshadow earthquakes have gone viral on social networks. These recordings, for which you have asked us about WhatsApp, show the oarfish, also known as the fish of the end of the world, a species that some cultures have linked to natural disasters such as earthquakes. But what do scientists say about it? Experts cons…