Videos purporting to be from the recent Earthquake in the Philippines are making the rounds on the social media. Many have claimed that the footage is from December 2nd, showing the crane falling from top of the building due to the severe Earthquake in Phillippines.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Troll Mafia (“@offl_trollmafia“) made the claim on X that the video footage is from inside the mall in #Philippines during an Earthquake. The tweet was made on Dec 3, 2023, which has received an about 29.5k views on X.
Visuals inside the mall in #Philippines during an Earthquake 🫣#earthquake #tsunami #EarthquakePH pic.twitter.com/T5SkBiBjZZ
— Troll Mafia (@offl_trollmafia) December 2, 2023
Several other accounts, including Gautam Verma (“@IamGautamVarma“), NOAH (“@noahwarpress“), @karancryptos made the same claim that the recent footage shows Philippines earthquake in a construction site. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
These videos are from last month, on November 17, 2023, in the Philippines, when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 was reported. There is no connection between the video and the recent earthquakes in Indonesia and the Philippines.
We visited sky news, which published an article on Nov 17, 2023 related to this incident with the headline “Philippines: Shopping centre ceilings collapse as island nation hit by powerful undersea earthquake”.
An article was also published by BBC News, which also clarified that the incident in the month of November. The article was published on November 19, 2023.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Distorted
FACT:Several disturbing videos are circulating claiming to be from the recent #Earthquake in #Philippines,but according to reports, these videos are from last month when an Earthquake(6.7 Magnitude) was reported on 17th November 2023 in Philippines.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/d6cfpaGXSW
Intent:
Influencers are circulating videos from the last month and claiming to be from the recent Earthquake to create panic. Several social media users shared the video as recent, contributing to the spread of the information. According to them, the footage is from December 2nd, showing the crane falling from top of the building due to the severe Earthquake in Phillippines. After proper research, analysis and fact- checking, we discovered that these videos are from last month, on November 17, 2023, in the Philippines, when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 was reported. There is no connection between the video and the recent earthquakes in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Conclusion:
Claim : Several disturbing videos claiming to be from the recent Earthquake in the Philippines are getting circulated.
Fact : These videos are from the previous month, when the Philippines was reported to have experienced an Earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 on November 17, 2023. Regarding the recent earthquakes in Indonesia and the Philippines, the video is unrelated.
