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The enormous fish, roughly the length of a surfboard, sported a shimmering silvery-blue body and a striking red fin running along its back, but suffered from a wounded tail.
They can reach lengths of up to 36 feet and weigh more than 441 pounds.
There is a legend that fish are predictors of earthquakes and other natural calamities.
A local who witnessed the scene in Mexico said: 'They claim that those fish appear when a significant and intense tsunami is about to occur.'
in March 2011.
The young surfers quickly hurried to the fish, picked it up using their boards and moved it back into the ocean.
Owing to their size and shape, oarfish resemble 'sea serpents', which in Japanese mythology is regarded as an omen, being known as the 'messenger from the sea dragon god's palace.'
According to local lore, oarfish are said to inhabit the waters beneath Japan's islands, and are believed to emerge onto the surface to signal the impending occurrence of an earthquake.
However, the creatures are discovered globally with habitats found between a depth of 656 feet and 3,280 feet beneath the surface.
Their body is skinless and covered in a smooth, slimy, silvery protection layer called guanine.
The Japanese legend was rekindled in 2011 following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
On March 11, a devastating 9.1 magnitude megathrust earthquake struck approximately 45 miles east of Japan, lasting six minutes and triggering waves of up to 133 feet that travelled at nearly 440 miles per hour.
The waves possessed enough energy to reach as far as six miles inland, causing destruction to essential infrastructure, residential properties, and commercial offices along the eastern coastal region.
In the course of the past year, a rare sighting of an oarfish came to light in California last November.
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography released photos of a lifeless oarfish washing up on the shore of Grandview Surf Beach in Encinitas.
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography published images of a deceased oarfish discovered on the shore of Grandview Surf Beach in Encinitas.
Late last December, a significant earthquake hit the state, prompting a tsunami alert.
A stronger quake hit at 10.44am, which was centered 45 miles off the coast, followed by another tremor that was felt in San Francisco shortly after.
A tsunami warning was quickly broadcast to Californians' mobile phones, instructing them to ascend to higher ground at once.
A warning of danger has been issued. By 12pm Pacific Standard Time, the tsunami warning had been canceled.
However, the initial impact jolted homes and sent ripples in backyard swimming pools.
California is divided in half by the San Andreas Fault, the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, which is susceptible to earthquakes.
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