Video Showing Aftermath of an Earthquake Is From Turkey and Not Tajikistan
This video shows the destruction caused in Turkey due to the earthquakes.
Fact-check: An old video of destruction caused due to earthquake in Turkey is going viral as a recent video from Tajikistan.
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A video, seemingly shot from inside of a moving vehicle, showing several collapsed buildings is going viral on social media with a claim that this video shows the destruction caused in Tajikistan after an earthquake hit the country.
Tajikistan was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on 23 February.
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How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and came across a YouTube video from 8 February 2023.
This was a longer and a clearer version of the viral video.
The video was uploaded by 'K News' with a title that read, "50 hours have passed after two major earthquakes in Turkey."
We also found a tweet from 8 February 2023, which mentioned that it showed the aftermath of earthquakes in Tukrey.
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We located the shops from the video in Turkey:
In the longer version, we noticed boards of two shops which read 'CZANE' and 'BASMANLAR'.
We found these shops in Turkey's southern province, Hatay on Google Maps and also found a Street View.
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The board with 'CZANE' on it was seen in the viral video.
The shop named BASMANLAR is at Hatay.
Conclusion: An old video of destruction caused due to earthquake in Turkey is going viral as a recent video from Tajikistan.
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