Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 and 5.3 hit Nepal on December 28, 2022. Following this, a video started making rounds on social media claiming that it is the CCTV footage of the recent tremors.
The video was shared with a caption: Powerful #Earthquake at #Nepal, I hope there is no damage to the people of Nepal, I pray for everyone’s recovery. Hindus
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video, and found it to be old.
On watching the video carefully, we realised that three different videos have been edited together. So, we fact-checked all three videos separately.
Video 1
Putting the keyframes of the video through Reverse Image Search, we found that the same video was shared by the YouTube channel WildFilmsIndia on Apr 13, 2020, with a title: Nepal Earthquake CCTV footage from Darbar Marg, Kathmandu 25 April 2015.
Another YouTube channel has also shared the same video, dated Jun 15, 2015, with a title: Nepal Earthquake CCTV footage Darbar Marg Kathmandu 25 April 2015.
Thus, it is clear that the footage is old.
Video 2
The second video was shared on Twitter by the page Radio Farra 95.7 FM on November 23, 2021. The video was shared with a caption: #Attention A 4.52 magnitude #earthquake was recorded in #Quito and that’s how strong it felt in the capital. #news #Ecuador.
NewsMobile independently couldn’t confirm the location of the video, though, it is clear that the video is old.
Video 3
The third video (inverted horizontally) was uploaded on YouTube on Oct 12, 2021, with the title: Greece earthquake | Crete earthquake 2021.
Hence, it is clear that all the clips in the viral video are old and the post is misleading.
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