Following the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria where thousands of people lost their lives, a video is doing the rounds on social media claiming that it is the CCTV footage of a hotel during the recent quake.
The video is being shared with a caption: Inside visuals of Turkey’s famous hotel …
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NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be old.
Putting the keyframes of the video through Reverse Image Search, we found the same video shared by a Twitter user on October 31, 2020. The caption reads: CCTV footage of horrifying moments of earthquake #izmir #Earthquake #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake
The same video was also uploaded on YouTube, dated October 31, 2020, with a title: #turkey_Izmir earthquake 2020 cctv, turkey tsunami 2020, Izmir earthquake aftermath, turkey news today.
The same video was also found in an article by Mehr News Agency, dated October 31, 2020. According to media reports, a powerful earthquake struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of Greek in October 2020, killing at least 39 people and leaving more than 800 people injured.
Thus, we can conclusively say that the video is old and not related to the recent quake in Turkey and Syria.
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