Old Video From Japan Falsely Linked to Tibet-Nepal Earthquake

Fact-check: An old video from Japan is being falsely linked to the earthquake that recently hit Tibet and Nepal.

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A video showing several houses violently shaking and eventually collapsing is going viral on social media.

The claim links it to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Tibet and Nepal on 7 January.

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What's the truth?: This video isn't from Nepal but from Japan.

• It shows an earthquake hitting the Noto Peninsula in January 2024.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search using some of the keyframes from the viral video and this led us to several Japanese reports from February 2024.

• According to an article shared by The Japan News, thos video was recorded on a dashcam when an earthquake struck Suzu, part of the Ishikawa Prefecture in the Noto Peninsula of Japan on 1 January 2024.

• It also added that this video was later shared by Chojukai, a social welfare corporation that operates nursing homes in Suzu.

• This earthquake also caused a tsunami in the region.

This report was shared on 7 February 2024.

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• We also found another video shared on YouTube by a Japanese news channel, ANN News.

• This was shared on 2 February 2024 and the description stated that it shows houses collapsing due to a strong aftershocks, immediately after the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

Conclusion: An old video from Japan is being falsely linked to the earthquake that recently hit Tibet and Nepal.

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