2011 Japan Earthquake Video Resurfaced After Recent Turkey-Syria Earthquake
The Claim
A video shows cars shaking on a highway due to the recent earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.
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Following the recent earthquake that struck Turkey, Syria, and other nearby countries, social media users circulated a video purporting to show cars on a highway in Turkey during the earthquake.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating video clip and found the claim to be misleading.
After conducting a thorough reverse image search, Misbar’s team found the footage making the rounds to be outdated and unrelated to the recent earthquake in Turkey.
This Video Shows the 2011 Earthquake in Japan
The video was uploaded to a YouTube channel on February 19, 2019.
According to the video’s translated caption, the video was captured on "The Metropolitan Express, Japan, route 6 during the 3/11 earthquake."
In the published video, the timestamp and date are mentioned in the video’s angle.
The date and time reads, "March 11, 2011, at 2.49 p.m."
The same video was also uploaded to a Japanese website on March 13, 2017.
The article’s translated title reads, “Video of the drive recorded on the Metropolitan Express, Japan, route 6 during the 3/11 earthquake.”
2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku, Japan
On March 11, 2011, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake accompanied by a tsunami struck off the Japan Trench, off the northeastern coast of Honshu.
More than 18,000 people died as a result of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, also known as the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami.
The fatal earthquake's magnitude was the largest ever recorded in Japan.
Turkey-Syria Earthquake in 2023
On both sides of the border, Turkey and Syria were both devastated by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8.
According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan, 8,754 people have died as a result of Monday's earthquake.
The official death toll now stands at 11,224 when added to the 2,470 known deaths in Syria.
The eventual death toll may reach 20,000, according to the World Health Organization.
The earthquake is considered to be one of the area's most powerful earthquakes in a century.
At least 17,000 died in the area in 1999 by an earthquake of comparable size.
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