This Video Was Not Recorded During the Recent Afghanistan-Pakistan Earthquake
The Claim
A video shows a man rescuing himself from falling during the earthquake that recently struck Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Following the recent earthquake that hit Afghanistan and Pakistan, social media users shared a video purporting to show a man rescuing himself from falling into a quake-induced fracture.
The video, according to the publishers, was recorded by CCTV.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the video and found the claim to be misleading.
Misbar's team carried out a thorough reverse image search and found the video making the rounds to be outdated and unrelated to the recent earthquake.
This Video Is Outdated and Was Shot in China
The video does not show the moment when the earthquake hit Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On June 13, 2022, the video was first released by a media outlet called Telegraf TV.
According to the video’s description, the footage was shot in China.
There were no other incident-related details reported.
13 Killed in the Afghanistan and Pakistan Earthquake
Large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan were shaken by a strong earthquake that left at least 19 people dead and more than 200 injured.
Buildings were damaged by the 6.5-magnitude earthquake, which also caused landslides and forced residents to flee into the streets.
The earthquake occurred on Tuesday night and was centered in a mountainous area in northern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border. India also felt the tremors coming from the remote Jurm valley.
In Afghanistan, ten of the fatalities were reported. In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in the northwest, there were nine further fatalities.
Previously, the same video was circulated during Turkey’s earthquake in February 2023.
Misbar's team was able to debunk the video’s claim on February 22.
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