A video purporting to be from the recent Earthquake in the Philippines shows water spilling out of a bathtub in a high-rise apartment space.
Many accounts on twitter, including NOAH (“@noahwarpress“) tweeted “An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred in the Philippines. A Tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake. Houses were destroyed in some cities. The country went into emergency. #philippines #earthquakes #tsunami #deprem #news #BreakingNews #live” after sharing the video of the incident. The tweet was made on Dec 2, 2023.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred in the Philippines. A Tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake. Houses were destroyed in some cities. The country went into emergency. #philippines #earthquakes #tsunami #deprem #news #BreakingNews #live pic.twitter.com/c4PDTB6GKQ
— NOAH (@noahwarpress) December 2, 2023
Several other accounts, including Gautam Varma (“@IamGautamVarma“), Troll Mafia (“@offl_trollmafia“), DINESH SHARMA (“@medineshsharma“), Mr. So Called (“@NiknameSo“), Shadab Javed (“@JShadab1“) also made the same claim that in the Philippines, there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.6. Following the earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued. Certain cities had their houses destroyed. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that this is an old video from Japan, showing what happened in February 2021 when a bathtub in the bathroom of a high-rise apartment building began to shake rigorously and spilled water all over the place.
An article was published by The Weather Channel on February 23, 2021 with the headline “Watch Water Leap From Tub During Japan Earthquake”. This shows that the incident is quite old and not at all recent.
Check out the full video here:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 2, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows Water Spills Out of Bathtub in a high-rise apartment, claiming to be from the recent #Earthquake in the #Philippines. The fact is that this is an old video from Japan, (1/2) pic.twitter.com/hlIDqTn33L
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos of earthquakes to create panic. The video was shared as recent on the social media by several accounts claiming that it is a recent Earthquake in the Philippines which shows water spilling out of a bathtub in a high-rise apartment space. After proper research, analysis and fact- checking, we discovered that it is an old video from Japan, from February 2021 , when a bathtub in a high-rise apartment building began to shake rigorously and spilled water all over the place.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video claiming to be from the recent Philippine Earthquake shows water spilling out of a bathtub in a high-rise apartment.
Fact : This is actually an old video from Japan, from February 2021, when a bathtub in the bathroom of a high-rise apartment began to shake uncontrollably and spill water everywhere.
