This Video Does Not Show a Building Collapsing Due to the Recent Earthquake in Turkey

Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be misleading.

After conducting a thorough reverse image search, Misbar’s team found the video making the rounds to be outdated and unrelated to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

2021 Video Recirculated in Relation to the Earthquake in Turkey

The original footage shows a large section of the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condos on Collins Avenue, Florida, come crashing down in a matter of seconds.

On June 24, 2021, NBC South Florida media outlets uploaded the same video in a published article about the incident. 

It has been reported that at least one person was killed in the collapse.

Officials said that at least two people were pulled from the rubble and that dozens of residents were saved from the building.

The viral video was also uploaded to YouTube by the Fox 13 Tampa Bay channel on June 24, 2021.

The video’s description reads, "One person is dead and a massive search and rescue effort is underway after a high-rise condo collapsed in Surfside, Florida."

2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake

According to the BBC, over 2,300 people from both Turkey and Syria have been killed as a result of a powerful earthquake that struck in the southeast of Turkey, close to the Syrian border.

More than 1,500 people died in Turkey, according to the disaster agency, while 810 people are assumed to be dead in Syria.

Rescuers are still likely to find more fatalities as they dig through piles of rubble in the bitterly cold and icy conditions.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the earthquake as Turkey's worst calamity in decades.

Twelve hours later, Turkey's Elbistan district of the Kahramanmaras province experienced a second "independent" earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5.

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