A video purporting to be from the recent Earthquake in Japan shows the inside of a hospital with a few panicked nurses.
world news (“@SportsJ58460476“) tweeted “JUST IN Watch as Japan earthquake hits hospital sending nurses In a panic #japan #earthquake #Tsunami” on Jan 1, 2024. The tweet has received an about 604.6k views on X.
JUST IN
— world news (@SportsJ58460476) January 1, 2024
Watch as Japan earthquake hits hospital sending nurses In a panic#japan #earthquake #Tsunami pic.twitter.com/s632gymYi7
Several other accounts, including alex (“@keshav_blog“), @ShreeGZunjarrao made the same claim that as Earthquake hits Japan recently, the nurses in the hospital panicked in the video. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
In actuality, the video is from February 2023 in Turkey, where a nurse, who works in Türkiye’s Gaziantep puts her life in danger to save children while a strong earthquake trembles the hospital where she works.
The video was uploaded in Youtube on Feb 13, 2023.
Check out the full Video here:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 1, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows inside of a hospital with few panicked nurses in it, shared claiming to be from the recent #Earthquake in the #Japan . The fact is that the video is from Turkey in February 2023, (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ln3gFIvEUc
Intent:
Users are circulating old videos of earthquakes from different locations to create panic. An alleged video from the recent Earthquake in Japan purports to show the inside of a hospital with a few panicked nurses present. After proper research, analysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that the video is from February 2023 in Turkey, where a nurse in the hospital she works at in Gaziantep, Turkey, braves the tremors of an earthquake in order to save children.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video showing inside a hospital with a few panicked nurses has been shared, claiming to be from the recent Earthquake in Japan.
Fact : The video is actually from Turkey in February 2023, where a nurse risks her life to save children as an earthquake violently shakes the hospital she works at in Gaziantep.
