Claim: A social media video apparently shows a cat being rescued after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month. Fact: The claim about the video is misleading. The video is from 2018, when a cat was rescued from a fire in Volgograd, Russia. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and […]
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 hotel’s kitchen in Turkey shaking and people screaming after a massive earthquake hit the country on 6 February 2023. Fact: The footage has been wrongly linked to the recent earthquake. It was taken three years ago when an earthquake struck Izmir, Turkey, on 30 October 2020. Two severe earthquakes — […]
Claim: A video shows a building in Turkey collapsing after the massive earthquake that hit the country on 6 February 2023. Fact: The clip is, in fact, from 2016 and shows the facade of a nine-storey building being blown away due to strong winds in Tokyo, Japan. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey […]
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 […]