Old video of building collapse shared as recent earthquake in Morocco
A video of a decayed building collapse is being widely shared as recent earthquake in Morocco
By Abrar Bhat Published on 9 Sep 2023 6:57 AM GMT
A deadly earthquake at a magnitude of 6.8 killed at least 296 people in Morocco on Friday night according to the reports.
Several videos and images are viral on internet with users claiming that these are from the recent earthquake in Morocco.
One such video shared by an X user with the caption ‘Moment of building collapse after the strong earthquake hits in Marrakesh of Morocco’.
The video was shared by several other X users claiming the same. Link to the video can be seen here, here, here and here
Fact Check
NewsMeter found the claim false.
To verify the claim NewsMeter conducted a reverse image search on one of the keyframes of the viral video and found the same video uploaded on a YouTube channel ‘Sarouna lol’ titled ‘The collapse of the entire floor in Sabata Al-Dar al-Bayda district’. The video was uploaded on August 7, 2020.
Another YouTube channel 'BRJ INFOTV’ has also uploaded the same video with the same title, dated August 7, 2020.
During the search we found a keyframe from the same video published by alnas.fr website dated August 8, 2020 with a report in French language.
‘On the evening of Wednesday August 5, a three-story house suddenly collapsed in the Derb Al Masoudia district located in Sbata in the Casablanca region. At least one resident died’, the report stated.
Hence, we conclude that the viral video is old not from the recent earthquake in Morocco and it was a decayed building collapse not the earthquake.
