Claim: A social media video claims that it shows Turkish actor Burak Ozcivit helping victims in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Turkey. Fact: The claim is false as the clip is from the Turkish TV drama “Kara Sevda,” which aired from 2015 to 2017 and starred Ozcivit. On 10 February 2023, a video […]
Claim: Numerous pictures of dogs have surfaced on the Internet with the claim they were part of rescue operations following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquakes in February 2023. Fact: Many of these photos are not recent or related to the Turkey-Syria earthquakes in February 2023. On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two […]
Claim: Pakistani website MM News says claims about the prediction of an earthquake in Pakistan, India or Afghanistan were “falsely attributed” to Dutch researcher Frank Hoogerbeets. It further states that none of the three aforementioned countries’ names or those of any other South Asian nation appeared on his Twitter account or the website of his […]
Claim: Dutch researcher Frank Hoogerbeets tweeted a list of “safety rules [for] when an earthquake occurs”, including asking God for help. Fact: Hoogerbeets did not tweet such a list. On 8 February 2023, Twitter account @Frank_Hoogerbee (archive) posted a tweet stating “safety rules [for] when an earthquake occurs”. According to @Frank_Hoogerbee, these rules are as […]
Claim: A video shows a building in Syria collapsing after the massive earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on 6 February 2023. Fact: The clip is, in fact, from 2022 and shows the demolition of the Supertech twin towers in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria […]
Claim: A video shows a building collapsing following the Turkey earthquake. Fact: The video is, in fact, from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and surfaced on the Internet at least a few days before the Turkey earthquake. On 7 February 2023, Twitter account @Richtasy posted a video showing a building crashing inwards as multiple vehicles are […]
Claim: A video shows a giant sea wave hitting a beach in Turkey following an earthquake that hit the country on 6 February 2023. Fact: The clip is from 2017 and not related to Turkey at all. In fact, it shows a monster wave that slammed the North Beach in Durban in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal […]
Claim: A video shows an apartment building in Turkey collapsing after the massive earthquake that hit the country on 6 February 2023. Fact: The clip is, in fact, from 2021 and shows the collapse of a 12-story apartment block called Champlain Towers South in Miami-Dade in the US state of Florida. In the morning of […]