Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
On April 28, a post was published claiming that a powerful earthquake had hit Albania.
This post was published by a Facebook page with content in Albanian, called "Albanian Tradition".
Was there an earthquake in Albania on April 28?
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that this claim is false. After clicking on the link presented in this post, it is seen that this is about the earthquake of October 2023 that was recorded in Vlora.
Link to the post published on Facebook by the page "Albanian Tradition":
The article was published by the dubious portal "topnews266.com" on October 27, 2023. (see here)
Original content of the article published by "topnews266.com":
The strong earthquake shook Albania. The earthquake was...
We hope there are no concerns and no injuries or material damage.
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to confirm that the news is old (October 26), at the time when an earthquake was recorded in Vlora.
Hibrid.info has managed to find articles published on October 26 and 27, 2023 in online media in Albania, which had reported on this event. (see here and here)
Hibrid.info has researched the online platform of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), which reports on earthquakes that hit parts of Europe, and found that the last earthquake recorded in Albania was the one on April 25, with a magnitude of 2.4. (see here)
Analyze:
The Facebook page published a post on April 28 claiming that a strong earthquake had hit Albania.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the news is old and relates to the October 2023 earthquake that was recorded in Vlora.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.