A purportedly recent video from Japan shows nurses saving babies during an earthquake inside a hospital’s Infant unit. The video is claimed to be from the recent Japan Earthquake.

Several accounts on twitter, including Channa Prakash (“@AgBioWorld“) tweeted “Heroes! Infant unit nurses when an earthquake hits a hospital in Japan”. The tweet was made on Aug 14, 2021. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

The video is, in fact, from South Korea in 2017. It is not at all a recent video.

The video was uploaded in Youtube on November 22, 2017.

Check out the full Video here:

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A video that shows inside of a hospital's Infant Unit where nurses save babies during an #Earthquake, shared claiming to be recent from #Japan . The fact is that the video is from South Korea 2017. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/1FlojcBUs9

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Intent:

Users circulate old videos of earthquakes from different locations to create panic.A video that shows inside of a hospital’s Infant Unit where nurses save babies during an Earthquake, shared claiming to be recent from Japan. Users on the social media have claimed that the video is from the recent Earthquake in Japan.But, after proper research, analysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that the video is actually from South Korea from the year of 2017.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video purporting to be from Japan shows inside a hospital’s Infant Unit, where nurses save babies during an earthquake.

Fact : The video is from South Korea from the year of 2017.

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