Truth Check: 2018 satellite view of disaster-hit Indonesia FALSELY shared as current

A satellite video demonstrates how the current Indonesian earthquake triggered damage. According to the AFWA probe, the viral clip is from 2018 when back-to-back natural catastrophes, an enormous earthquake, and a tsunami struck the Indonesian seaside island of Sulawesi.

As per the AFWA probe, the viral clip is from 2018 when back-to-back natural catastrophes struck the Indonesian seaside island of Sulawesi.

By Tanujit Das: A fatal earthquake shook Indonesia’s primary island of Java on November 21, supposedly eliminating a minimum of 272 individuals. As search and rescue operations continued, lots of on social networks shared a satellite view of what they declared was the quake. The scary video reveals land moving nearly like liquid.

One individual shared this clip and composed on Twitter, “Satellite picture of the earthquake occurring in Indonesia. No escape for those captured in the active earthquake zone. Whatever was ruined in the course of the earthquake.” The archived variation of this post can be seen here.

However, AFWA’s examination discovered that the viral clip had no relate to Indonesia’s current earthquake. The initial video was from 2018 when back-to-back natural catastrophes, a huge earthquake, and a tsunami struck the Indonesian seaside island of Sulawesi.

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A reverse search of the clip’s keyframes led us to different news posts. On October 9, 2018, the Associated Press released a report entitled, “10 minutes of horror: A quake, a tsunami, and a missing boy”. It consisted of a comparable video.

The Weather Channel’s site likewise shared this clip in a report entitled, “12 GIFs That Show How Weather Left Its Mark in 2018” on December 28,2018 Per the report, on September 28, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, setting off a tsunami and eliminating more than 2,000 individuals in the twin catastrophes. Other sites like Yahoo shared this clip.

On YouTube, we discovered the very same video submitted to the Hindustan Times’ channel on October 2, 2018, entitled, “Watch: Satellite pictures of huge earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian Island.”

Thus, we conclude that the viral video, while from Indonesia, is 4 years of ages.

( With inputs from Sanjana Saxena)