A video has been shared on social media platforms Facebook and TikTok by several pages/accounts, claiming that the footage shows moments of the destruction of a building as a result of the earthquake in Turkey that occurred on the morning of February 6.
The Facebook pages "TetovaSot", "Ts.mk" and the TikTok account named "flakamedia" published this video yesterday (February 6) with the claims: "SCIENTIFIC IMAGES FROM THE APOCALYPTIC EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY Another building is filmed in the moment of destruction" and "Earthquake in Turkey, look how the building collapses at the moment."
However, these claims are incorrect, as the video was not shot during the earthquake in Turkey, but in Saudi Arabia. The facts regarding this video have been verified by fact-checkers from Spain, “Damn.es".
Link to the video material published on Facebook by the pages "TetovaSot" and "Ts.mk":
https://www.facebook.com/tetovasot2/videos/3043753512588425/
https://www.facebook.com/tetovasot.mk/videos/6235020523198068
Link to the video material published on Tik Tok by the "flakamedia" account:
After research and verification through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find information about this false claim, originally made by fact-checkers from Spain "Maldita.es", which confirms that this video was made in Saudi Arabia.
This fact-checking platform found this video material published on January 16 on Tik Tok, which is said to be from the street "Jeddah Road, Al-Klio 3, Old Makkah Road" (see here)
In addition to this social media, images of the building were also found in a video published on Youtube on April 12, 2022, which clarifies that the footage was shot on “Jeddah Road, Al-Klio 3, Old Makkah Road.” (see here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages and a TikTok account have posted a video showing a building collapsing. The video has been given a fabricated description, claiming that the footage shows moments from the earthquake in Turkey that occurred on the morning of February 6th.
After research, hibrid.info has managed to find information about this false claim, initially made by fact-checkers from Spain "Maldita.es", which clarifies that the footage was taken in Saudi Arabia.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this video material as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.