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Videos of an earthquake that hit Nepal, Greece and Ecuador in 2015 have been making the rounds on social media after two earthquakes jolted Nepal in the early hours of December 28.
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Although the first video is from Nepal, it dates back to 2015. The other clips are old and not from Nepal at all.
Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 and 5.3 jolted Nepal in the early hours of December 28. While no loss of lives or property has been reported yet, social media has already seen a bunch of shocking videos that supposedly caught the natural disaster in action. One such video shared by many on Twitter features three clips showing tremours caught on camera.
The first clip of the three videos features a busy road with vehicles passing by. All of a sudden, the frame begins to shake and the vehicles on the road come to a halt. Some pedestrians start running and riders can be seen falling off their bikes.
The second clip in the viral video appears shot inside a departmental store. It shows goods on racks falling because of tremors.
The third clip shows a parked car and trees shaking because of a quake. The archived version of such a post can be seen here.
AFWA's investigation has found all three clips are old and unrelated to the earthquake that shook Nepal on December 28.
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Per media reports, the earthquake hit Nepal Tuesday night at 01:23 local time. So, it is very unlikely that videos of the quake would feature daylight. This hinted at the videos either being old or not from Nepal at all.
A reverse search of the first clip’s keyframes led us to the same video uploaded to the YouTube channel of Wild Films India on April 13, 2020. The original video was more than three minutes long and featured the same clip as the viral one.
The caption of this video read, "Nepal Earthquake CCTV footage from Darbar Marg, Kathmandu 25 April 2015", making it quite clear that it was unrelated to recent developments. Reuters Japan also fact-checked this video last June when it went viral as scenes from a Peru earthquake.
While searching for the source of the second video shot inside a departmental store using reverse search, we came across a video shared by the Facebook page Radio Farra 95.7 FM on November 23, 2021, making it evident it wasn’t recent. The video’s caption stated that this footage was from a 4.52 magnitude earthquake in Quito, Ecuador’s capital.
A comparison between the viral video and this one made it clear that both were the same. We also found multiple reports about tremours around the country on November 17 and November 20, 2021. While we could not verify the date, time, or location of the second clip, it is more than clear that it's not from the recent Nepal earthquake.
A reverse search of frames from the third clip led us to a YouTube video featuring the same scene, only laterally reversed. This video was uploaded to the site on October 2021, making it clear that it is not from the recent Nepal earthquake. The video’s caption said that it was from Greece.
We searched for news on earthquakes in Greece in 2021 and came across a video report from September of that year featuring the same video uploaded to YouTube. Per the report, Crete, a Greek island was hit by 23 tremours in seven hours on September 27, 2021. Reuters reported that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Greece's largest island, killing one person and injuring several.
Therefore, it is safe to conclude that the visuals making rounds on the internet are unrelated to the recent Nepal earthquake.
(With inputs from Ashish Kumar)
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