Old Image of Collapsed Building Falsely Linked to Recent Delhi Earthquake
This image dates back to 2015 when a building collapsed partially after an earthquake in South Delhi.
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An image showing two collapsed buildings is going viral on social media where users are linking it to the recent Delhi earthquake.
Strong tremors of a 4.3 magnitude earthquake were felt on 17 February in the Delhi-NCR region. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan.
How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on the viral image and this led us to a report shared by Hindustan Times on 9 November 2015.
It carried the same image and stated that a four-storey building at an unauthorised colony in Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave collapsed partially.
It further stated that an earthquake in October 2015 caused the said damage to the structure, however, no casualties were reported.
This image is from 2015.
(Source: HT/screenshot)
Conclusion: An old image of a collapsed building is going viral online where users are linking to the recent Delhi earthquake.
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