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The 2011 photo appears to have been taken after the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 10.

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The Facebook page "Globi Islam" published a photograph on September 9th, claiming that the image was taken after the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 10th.

This photo has been verified by fact-checkers from India (NewsChecker.in), which has been confirmed not to have been taken after the earthquake in Morocco, but was taken after the tsunami and earthquake that hit the city of Kisenuma, Japan in March 2011.


Links to the post published on Facebook by the "Globi Islam" page:

https://www.facebook.com/Globi.islam.Zyrtare/posts/pfbid0RXuPuzCzNgNDYAAD68N8jHppcnPAAJvNpkXnouVev12F6Jv9rrPmbg4hQc4BNFXal

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=643105534578827&set=pcb.643105557912158


Newschecker.in managed to find this photo published on March 11, 2011 on a website called Kyodo News. (see here)


The same photo was also found and published on March 12, 2011 by the NBC NEWS television website. (see here)


Analyze:

The Facebook page "Globi Islam" has shared a photo claiming to show the devastation from the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 10, but in fact the same was taken in 2011 after the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.

This post made by the aforementioned page is considered "Unverified Content".


Reasoning:

The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.

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