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| - Fact Check: Roof crashing down on hapless children during Turkey quake? No, this is just drama and cheap CGI
AFWA found that the viral video is neither recent nor does it show an actual earthquake. It was created using digital special effects and has been on the internet since as early as 2020.
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India Today Fact Check
This video is neither recent nor from a real earthquake. It’s staged and contains digital special effects.
A dramatic video that’s been widely shared online allegedly shows members of a Turkish family trying to save themselves during the devastating February 6 earthquake that killed more than 11,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Many shared the video along with hashtags like “TurkeyEarthquake2023”.
In the viral video, a man and a woman could be seen trying to save themselves and two children as their house shook vigorously. A lot of debris could be seen falling from the ceiling.
"Avia.Pro", a website that was listed in a CBS News report about Russia’s misinformation campaign following the invasion of Ukraine, also shared this video on Twitter, writing: “The last minutes of the Turkish family's life were caught on video. An online camera was installed to monitor the nanny.” The archived version of this claim can be seen here.
AFWA found that the viral video is neither recent nor does it show an actual earthquake. It was created using digital special effects and has been on the internet since as early as 2020.
Red Flags
In the video, we found many clues that led us to conclude that the viral video did not show an actual earthquake. Around the two-second mark, the man in the video and the child he was carrying could be seen smiling. It is quite unlikely that in the event of a real earthquake, anyone would react like that.
We noticed that while a lot of debris appeared to fall from the roof, the chandelier remained intact and just swayed gently. Also, we noticed that there was no debris on the seats of the sofa set.
The video is old
We noticed that many people commenting on the video said that this video was created using CGI.
One person on Twitter called the footage “fake” and shared a link to the TikTok account of “@ciljin_family”.
Using these clues, we found that the same video was shared by a YouTube channel called “@clgnfamily2433” on November 17, 2020. In fact, we found a longer version of the same video shared by the channel on February 6. This contained a newly-shot ending that made it clear the video was staged.
On the YouTube channel, whose about page said in Turkish, “We are just having fun,” we found many videos shot in the same location seen in the viral video. In these videos, the same man, woman, and children could be seen.
We also found that a lot of videos shared on the channel were created using digital special effects and trick editing. For example, in one of the videos, a large snake-like creature could be seen breaking through a wall and entering their house. Watch the video here.
Thus, it’s amply clear that the viral video has nothing to do with the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Dubious credentials of Avia.Pro
Another video shared by “Avia.Pro” that recently went viral recently allegedly showed birds sensing the recent Turkey earthquake just before it happened. However, the tweet did not contain any information about the exact location or the date and time the video was shot.
AWFA had reached out to “Avia.Pro” via email to obtain more information about this video about the birds. However, we received no response. AFWA also called the Russian contact number mentioned on the “Avia.Pro” website. However, we were informed that the phone number did not belong to the organisation. According to a 2019 StopFake.org report, the “Avia.Pro” website was registered in Moscow, Russia.
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