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| - Fact Check: Tsunamis in Turkey after deadly earthquakes? Nope, these videos are old!
The video dates back to October 2020 when mini-tsunami tidal waves were triggered in Turkey after an earthquake.
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This video dates back to October 2020 when mini-tsunami tidal waves were triggered in Turkey after an earthquake.
The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has crossed 15,000 and is expected to rise further.
Alongside the massive loss of life and property, the quake also triggered fears of tsunamis. Italy’s Civil Protection Department and Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics issued tsunami warnings in its wake. However, they later withdrew it.
Meanwhile, two videos that allegedly show a tsunami in Turkey have been making the rounds on social media. The first one showed a waterlogged residential area. Furniture and other household items can be seen floating in the water. The archived version of this video can be seen here.
In another video, waves can be seen vigorously hitting the shore and gushing through the railings of a small balcony. The archived version of this clip can be seen here.
AFWA found that the first video is from October 2020 and shows a mini-tsunami in the Turkish city of Izmir. The second video has been present on the internet since as early as January 2023. At the time, people claimed it showed a storm that hit the coastal areas of San Diego in California, US.
AFWA Probe
Using reverse search, we found the video of the flooded residential area on the official YouTube channel of The Guardian. Shared on October 30, 2020, the video’s description noted that an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 in the Aegean Sea caused the seawater to rise and flood parts of the coastal city of Izmir. According to the country's disaster agency, the quake struck at 2.51 pm local time.
In October 2020, many publications like Metro, Mirror, and The Sun shared this video in their reports related to a mini-Tsunami after the earthquake. This proved that this video had nothing to do with the recent earthquake in Turkey.
A quick reverse search of the keyframes of the second video led us to a tweet from January 7, 2023. Fox’s NASCAR reporter Jamie Little tweeted the video saying, “Anybody familiar with San Diego....this is the boardwalk in Mission Beach. Storm is no joke! Lived there many years, never saw anything like this.”
We also found that at the time, many had shared this video in the context of a storm that had hit San Diego, California.
According to reports, a powerful storm accompanied by rain, snow, and strong winds hit San Diego in January this year. So, while we can not pinpoint the exact date or location of the video, it is amply clear that it’s not related to the recent earthquake in Turkey.
On February 6, Turkey’s Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Authority tweeted that there was no tsunami danger on its eastern Mediterranean coast after the earthquake.
Old videos from Greenland, Japan, and Indonesia have been falsely shared as tsunamis in the aftermath of the February 6 Turkey-Syria earthquake. AWFA’s stories debunking these claims can be seen here and here.
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