Since the terrible earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, several fake photos and videos, supposed to show images of the disaster, have been circulating on social networks.
The toll of the earthquakes that struck Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, February 6, continues to grow. In the aftermath of the disaster, the‘Afad, the official Turkish relief organization, now reports 4,544 dead while 1,712 dead are recorded in Syria, according to the regime and relief in the area held by the rebels. Unfortunately, the injured also number in the thousands, while nearly 6,000 buildings were destroyed. SOn social networks, several photos and videos supposed to show images of the earthquakes are circulating. Some have nothing to do with the current drama.
1 These photos taken from image banks
In this Twitter post, we see several photos purporting to show footage of the disaster. We see a dog resting its paw on a hand protruding from the rubble and a little boy clutching his head in the middle of the rubble.
Except that these images were not taken in the last two days. Thanks to a reverse image search, we have found the origin of these photos. They come from image banks where you can buy photos. The one with the dog dates from 2019 and the one with the little boy dates from 2021.
Finally, the photo of the man wiping his tears with bread in his hands dates from the earthquake that hit Turkey in… 1999.
2 No there was no tsunami after the earthquake in Turkey
Videos of tsunamis that would break over Turkey are also circulating on social networks. We see waves arriving at full speed on the Turkish coast.
Except that these are old tsunamis that did not pass through Turkey or Syria. The most shared such post on Twitter shows the tsunami that swept through Indonesia in 2018.
3 Images of a collapsing building in the United States
Among images of collapses, that of a CCTV image circulates a lot. We see A ten-storey building that is collapsing and who is believed to be in Turkey, according to the account posting these images.
But in the comments of the publicationsome Internet users warn that It has nothing to do with Monday’s disaster. One of them refers to an American report fromso much‘There is two years broadcast on the ABC channel. We realize that this building was in fact located in Florida in the United States. It collapsed in June 2021.
4 The video of the explosion of the port of Beirut
Several accounts relay impressive videos of the explosion of the port of Beirut in Lebanon in 2020. Except that they claim that it is a nuclear explosion caused by the earthquake in Turkey.
For one of these accounts, the video has over 600,000 views. Twitter has also posted a warning below the publication, but the account in question has not deleted this video and it continues to be relayed.