FACT CHECK: Video of Northern California tsunami A.I. generated
A video supposedly shows a huge tsunami wave hitting a shore in Northern California after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. This is fake.
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MALI-ta (Maling Balita) Minute: Mga maling impormasyong kumalat nitong Enero
Narito ang mga nagbabagang MALI-ta (Maling Balita) na kumalat ngayong buwan – mga maling impormasyon na dapat itama!
FACT CHECK: Earthquake videos NOT taken in California
Another disinformation related to the California wildfires spreads on local social media, this time claiming that an earthquake hit the area.
FACT CHECK: Clips with FALSE contexts circulate amid California wildfires
More viral videos spewing misinformation on the raging wildfires in California are spreading on social media.
FACT CHECK: OLD clip of rogue waves passed off as tsunami in California
Netizens posted an old video of what it claimed as a "small tsunami" in California as wildfires persist.
FACT CHECK: AI-GENERATED videos go viral as California fires rage on
Several videos spread on Facebook showing AI-generated media passed off as the wildfires in Los Angeles, California this January.
FACT CHECK: Photo of unburnt house NOT from California fires
A photo of a red-roofed house that survived Hawaii wildfires in 2023 is being falsely passed off as a scene from the California fires this January.
FACT CHECK: Clips from Japan, other countries MISUSED in ‘California’ earthquake video
A video claims to show scenes from a California earthquake this 2024. Most of the clips were of earthquakes in Japan and Taiwan.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE TikTok video on California quake reshared on FB
A TikTok video claimed that a magnitude 11.9 earthquake struck California on Aug. 24. Not true. No quake of such size has ever hit any place, and the clip that was shown occurred in Japan 12 years ago.
