{"id":14319,"date":"2025-01-10T06:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=14319"},"modified":"2025-01-10T06:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:13:22","slug":"old-footage-falsely-linked-to-the-recent-earthquake-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/old-footage-falsely-linked-to-the-recent-earthquake-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Footage Falsely Linked to the Recent Earthquake in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Thumbnail-Post-No-04-SRILANKA.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an earthquake hit Tibet on Tuesday, a video circulated on social media, falsely claiming to show the disaster. The video received significant attention, with many believing it depicted the recent earthquake in Tibet. However, our investigation revealed that the claim was false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social Media Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 22-second video clip showing an earthquake striking buildings and people running away from the danger was recently circulated on social media, claiming it was the disaster striking Tibet on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video gained significant attention from social media users believing the footage is of what happened in the Tibet region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original caption stated: \u201cAnother video: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Tibet&#8217;s Shigatse city at 9:05 am on January 7, 2025, resulting in at least 53 deaths and 62 injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPurainiTimesSKRG%2Fvideos%2F586683000785673%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PurainiTimesSKRG\/videos\/586683000785673\">Facebook Post<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/video\/35368950?key=374761a187720dd94a9a7f20fa585420\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same video, along with the identical claim, has also been observed and shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sirajnoorani\/status\/1876522468749488432\">another X user<\/a>. This repetition highlights the viral nature of the image and its ability to spread across different platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and specifics regarding this post, you can find the details below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another Video A magnitude 6.8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> struck <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tibet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tibet<\/a>&#39;s Shigatse city at 9:05 am on January 7, 2025, resulting in at least 53 deaths and 62 injuries. The quake&#39;s tremors were felt as far as Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ryJsgY8hVc\">pic.twitter.com\/ryJsgY8hVc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirajnoorani\/status\/1876522468749488432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sirajnoorani\/status\/1876522468749488432\">X Post<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/video\/35368918?key=ea202299f1ed4c69bbbcad4cee7ca471\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/front_ukrainian\/status\/1876541334619639908?mx=2\">X<\/a> user has also been observed sharing and publishing the same video, along with the identical claim that the scenes were filmed in Tibet, China recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0fA 7.0-magnitude earthquake (!) has killed 53 people in Tibet (\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3China) this morning. More than 60 were injured.<br><br>The epicenter is home to \u2248 80,000 people, Xinhua reported. The tremors were felt in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The death toll could be higher. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUvC23GTnI\">pic.twitter.com\/wUvC23GTnI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83e\ude96MilitaryNewsUA\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@front_ukrainian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/front_ukrainian\/status\/1876541334619639908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/front_ukrainian\/status\/1876541334619639908?mx=2\">X Post<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/video\/35368890?key=c87395f7540fc508f9ee8d98aea2a48d\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the claim\u2019s extensive dissemination and the considerable attention, it has received from the internet community, we believed it was necessary to perform a fact-check on the above subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fact Crescendo monitors and verifies these videos through the Google Reverse Image Search process, which leads us to find the truth as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After conducting a reverse image search on Google, we discovered that the image in question originates from a news article published by T<a href=\"https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2015\/apr\/30\/nepal-earthquake-roundabout-video\">he Guardian<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo caption in the news report says it is an image of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and specifics regarding this article, you can find the details below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcS8Hji__ALiZoYlGdrPg_KEOg4ipfkh6tk0U1EM9n6dijei2jfamWt-ZcR_BAPQGemk-ELfhdZHxdNdku0Nps29iikgZohCwBcOznGUpNqmT0K5wwoCL2zNWabkADpxAUgr52XFfE7B4wZ7hLf_wM?key=fRxaTAdiSc6d3iZHBAmkhPkY\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2015\/apr\/30\/nepal-earthquake-roundabout-video\">The Guardian News Report<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/ARuaL\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we found the full footage published on YouTube by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2LLpETg4-U\">Euronews<\/a> on April 30, 2015. The video features CCTV footage capturing the impact of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This further confirms that the visuals falsely linked to the recent Tibet earthquake originate from the 2015 Nepal earthquake, highlighting the importance of verifying the authenticity of such content before associating it with unrelated events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Incredible CCTV: Moment 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2LLpETg4-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2LLpETg4-U\">YouTube Link<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/video\/35368831?key=bc9c7c921d5e88eb3a22eb52bc1a9029\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/06\/china\/china-tibet-earthquake-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Tingri County on the Tibetan Plateau near the Nepal border. The epicenter was approximately 50 miles north of Mount Everest, the world\u2019s highest peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earthquake caused widespread devastation, resulting in hundreds of fatalities and the destruction or severe damage of thousands of houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXegAu9AmYcCcDMgD8IG2NpR9y2v5rvR1JqcocjHZXoUwLJbbt4CJ7mJIOb4OkSvl4pO879-MpdE6C4sIxnIX07VusrRDHh_oWYyiITAkOc4DdqIaGjcfwfH87GBhMr78qujb_CyOhWygS4eep4uDQ?key=fRxaTAdiSc6d3iZHBAmkhPkY\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/06\/china\/china-tibet-earthquake-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN News Report<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/txztV\">Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the earthquake struck the Tibet region, a significant amount of misinformation about the disaster began circulating on social media. Many of these claims have been debunked by our fact-checking team operating from other countries. Below are the stories we have debunked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.factcrescendo.com\/2025\/01\/08\/old-video-from-japan-earthquake-viral-as-recent-tibet-earthquake\/\">Old Video From Japan Going Viral As The Recent Tibet Earthquake<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.factcrescendo.com\/2025\/01\/09\/old-video-from-japan-earthquake-going-viral-as-tibet-earthquake\/\">One-Year-Old Video From Japan Going Viral As The Recent Tibet Earthquake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Us and Stay Up to Date with Our Latest Fact Checks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/factcrescendocambodia\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>| <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FactCrescendoKH\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/factcrescendocambodia\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMOHRpgswydy-Aw?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen&amp;fbclid=IwAR1ftYX53oIjNrG38eG5aChvljPj6dycuu5xc2INwoeGrVOCw5igeCS8zlM\"><strong>Google News<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@factcrescendokh\"><strong>TikTok<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaPitn4EVccSPJxijp46\"><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fact Crescendo found that the claim described above is false. The original video is footage from the devastating earthquake that occurred in Nepal in 2015, not the recent earthquake in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t\t.container {\n\t\t\t\t\t  border: 2px solid #000;\n\t\t\t\t\t  background-color: #eee;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 5px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  padding: 16px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin: 16px 0\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container::after {\n\t\t\t\t\t  content: \"\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  clear: both;\n\t\t\t\t\t  display: table;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t  float: left;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container span {\n\t\t\t\t\t  font-size: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 15px;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t@media (max-width: 500px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  text-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  margin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  float: none;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  display: block;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<body>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Misleading.png\n\" alt=\"Avatar\" style=\"width:120px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p><span>Title:<\/span>Old Footage Falsely Linked to the Recent Earthquake in Tibet<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <strong>Fact Check By:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@factcrescendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kakada Sim<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p><strong>Result:<\/strong> Misleading<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/body>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/html>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=94771514696&#038;text=Please%20type%20your%20Name%20and%20Language:%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2481\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Whats-app-sri-lanka.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an earthquake hit Tibet on Tuesday, a video circulated on social media, falsely claiming to show the disaster. 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