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Social media users shared a video from 2015 falsely claiming that it shows the recent earthquake that hit Nepal.
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India Today Fact Check
This video from Kathmandu’s Tripureshwor Chowk shows the deadly April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people.
Nepal was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the wee hours of November 9. Tremors were also felt across North India, including Delhi, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, and Lucknow.
Following this, CCTV footage of a busy junction being rocked by an earthquake has been shared by some on social media. It shows a structure in the middle of the junction collapsing because of the tremors, bringing traffic to a halt. Those sharing it claimed it was from the recent earthquake in Nepal.
AFWA found that the video is from the 2015 Nepal earthquake, which killed nearly 9,000 people and injured many more.
AFWA probe
A reverse search of the viral video screenshots led us to multiple media reports and YouTube channels which had shared either the same video or screen grabs from it in 2015. According to an India Today report from the time, that used a screenshot from the same video, the footage was from a quake that struck Nepal on the afternoon of April 25, 2015.
The 7.8 magnitude quake killed nearly 9,000 people and thousands were injured. It also left a trail of destruction, with 600,000 structures destroyed in Kathmandu and other nearby areas. The earthquake was felt in parts of northern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Tibet.
The same video was also uploaded to the YouTube channel WildFilmsIndia. Per the channel, it was shot at Tripureshwor Chowk in Nepal’s Kathmandu. The footage was also used in a documentary film on the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
A comparison of the viral video with Google Street View of Tripureshwor Chowk confirmed that the video is indeed from the same roundabout. As per Google Maps and media reports from Nepal, the statue seen under the destroyed structure was that of the late king Tribhuvan Shah.
Moreover, on November 9 the earthquake occurred at 2:12 am Nepal time. However, the viral video is clearly from the daytime. Also, the epicentre of the recent earthquake was the Doti district which is about 430 km west of the capital, Kathmandu.
It is hence clear that the video in circulation is more than seven years old and not related to the earthquake which hit Nepal on November 9.
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