2018 Tsunami Video Resurfaced in Relation to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake

Misbar investigated the footage and found the claim to be misleading.

After conducting a thorough reverse image search, Misbar’s team found the viral video to be outdated and unrelated to Turkey.

2018 Video of the Indonesia Tsunami Resurfaces Online

On September 28, 2018, CNN published the same video under the title, "Deadly tsunami hits Indonesian island of Sulawesi."

Also, El Pais, a Spanish media outlet, uploaded the same footage to its YouTube channel on September 29, 2018.

2018 Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami

After a massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi and caused a tsunami, buildings in the coastal city of Palu, which is home to 350,000 people, were swept away by the sea.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency, estimated the death toll to be 405 based on the number of bodies that had been found. 

According to Sutopo, more than 400 people had serious injuries.

2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake

Following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit both Turkey and Syria, the video has gone viral online.

The earthquake is reportedly one of the strongest to have struck the area in the last century.

Over 12,000 people have died as a result of the earthquakes, and many more are still missing or in critical condition.

The World Health Organization estimated that 23 million people were affected by the disaster.

At least 6,000 buildings collapsed, many of which collapsed with residents trapped inside. Rescue efforts continue to be the first priority, with 25,000 people deployed in Turkey and hundreds more being flown in from overseas.

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