The Facebook pages "Exclusive Albania Today" and "Feja Ime" published yesterday (April 9) an article titled "Two new 6.4 magnitude earthquakes in Turkey, reported dead and hundreds injured."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the news is old and relates to the February 20 earthquakes that struck the southern province of Hatay in Turkey.
So, the aforementioned sites have published this old news with the claim of presenting it as current.
Links to the article published on Facebook by the pages "Exlusive Albania Today" and "Feja Ime":
The above-mentioned pages took the posted article from the dubious portal with content in Albanian “freshnews213.com” published on February 21. (see here)
The content of this article cites the portal "Sinjali.com", which published this article in real time (February 20). (see here)
This is not the first time that this article has been published as current by the aforementioned sites, as the same was also posted on March 11, which was also verified by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
Based on fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that the above-mentioned Facebook pages published an old article (February 20) on April 9 regarding two earthquakes that had struck the Hatay province in Turkey.
These sites have published this old news with the claim of presenting it as current. Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses the article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.