Recently, a video has been circulating on social media platforms with claims that it depicts a significant earthquake striking London, England, on April 5, 2025. The video compiles various footage clips, purportedly showing the chaos caused by a 6.7 magnitude quake in the city.
Social Media Posts
On April 6, 2025, a Facebook user shared a video compilation with a message claiming “Today April 5th, 2025 8 Hours Ago. 6.7 Earthquake in London, England.” The video has garnered over 53,000 views so far.
The same video has also appeared on TikTok, accumulating over 2 million views.
Our investigation shows that this video combines unrelated earthquake footage from multiple countries and falsely presents it as a recent London event.
Fact Check
While the UK rarely experiences major earthquakes, there has been some recent seismic activity worth noting. Most notably, three small earthquakes occurred near Schiehallion mountain in Scotland on April 7, 2025. These tremors happened within six hours, measuring 1.8, 0.6, and 1.0 on the magnitude scale. Though small, people could feel these quakes because they occurred close to the surface, causing some roof tiles to rattle and making rumbling sounds.
To put this in context, the UK usually has between 200-300 earthquakes each year, but people only notice about 20-30 of them. The largest recent earthquake was relatively minor; a 2.0 magnitude event in Yorkshire on March 18, 2025. This is much smaller than the UK’s strongest recorded earthquake, which was a 6.1 magnitude event in the North Sea in 1931. Importantly, there was no 6.7 magnitude earthquake in London on April 5, 2025, despite what the viral video claims (Source).
Video Analysis
Further analysis using reverse image and video search tools uncovers the true origins of the footage:
One segment is from an earthquake in Ecuador in 2023, As reported by NT News.
Video: Reuters
Another clip showing cats reacting to tremors while lying in bed comes from a Japanese earthquake four years ago, available on The National News’s Youtube Channel.
Embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNx3y4W6MU
Additional surveillance camera footage from a supermarket is linked to a 2020 earthquake in Brazil, reported by the Daily Mail.
Summary
The shared video purportedly showing a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in London on April 5, 2025, is false. Records show that while the UK has experienced minor seismic activity recently, including tremors in Schiehallion in early April, there was no earthquake in London during this period. The video consists of footage from previous earthquakes that occurred in Ecuador, Japan, and Brazil.
Title:False: Viral Video Does Not Show London Earthquake in April 2025
Written By: Pranpreeya PResult: False
