VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show New Year’s Day tsunami in Japan
A Facebook page falsely claimed that this video of a tsunami was taken after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Jan. 1.
A Facebook page falsely claimed that this video of a tsunami was taken after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Jan. 1.
Another compilation video bore clips from previous calamities to falsely claim that it shows scenes from the magnitude 7.6 quake that jolted Japan on New Year’s Day. On Jan. 4, a Filipino TikTok user uploaded a one-minute and six-second video composed of three clips of tsunami and landslides in Japan supposedly on Jan. 1. Its […]
A video on Facebook (FB) misleadingly spliced together footage of old earthquakes in Japan with actual clips of the deadly quake that shook the country on New Year’s Day. The video published on Jan. 1 by an Indian-managed FB page made the rounds among Filipinos this week. A part of its caption read: “A strong […]
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck General Santos City and neighboring towns in Sarangani Province on Nov. 17, leaving at least 11 people dead and 37 injured. Six days later, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. visited the city to oversee the distribution of government relief assistance to the quake survivors. When asked how the government will […]
A Facebook (FB) page uploaded a 10-year-old clip of a storm surge, passing it off as a tsunami after the magnitude 7.4 quake that jolted parts of Mindanao just days ago. The highest ocean wave recorded following the Dec. 2, 2023 earthquake reached a height of 0.64 meter on Mawes Island in Hinatuan, according to […]
Three Facebook (FB) users claimed that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned about a magnitude 8 earthquake that may hit Cagayan de Oro (CDO) and Surigao. This is fake. The netizens’ posts also repeated a previously debunked claim about a high-magnitude earthquake possibly hitting CDO and the Tagoloan municipality in Misamis Oriental. […]
The video compiled Israeli airstrikes targeting high-rise buildings in Gaza City in May 2021, and building demolitions in China also in 2021.
A video of a building supposedly destroyed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that recently jolted Morocco is circulating among Filipino netizens. The video is false. The clip was taken in the North African country in 2020. On Sept. 9, a Facebook (FB) user posted a 24-second video bearing four clips supposedly showing the quake’s damage […]
A Facebook (FB) reel circulating locally is erroneously claiming that an alleged 11.9 magnitude earthquake recently struck the U.S. state of California. This is not true. Shown in the video was the earthquake that hit Japan 12 years ago. Published on Aug. 29, the reel continued to circulate this week, showing a shocked emoji, and […]
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. Reshared on Facebook (FB) Reel, the erroneous video carried this text: “California | Earthquake 11.9 grados (magnitude).” California […]