The false claim surfaced after a powerful 7.1-magnitude\u00a0earthquake<\/a> hit southern Japan on August 8, but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves lashed the coast (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Japanese authorities warned about a potential “megaquake” after the jolt before it was lifted a week later.<\/p>\n The same video was viewed more than 117,000 times alongside the claim on YouTube here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\u00a0 Similar false posts were shared here<\/a> and here<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n However, the video shows the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake that hit the East Asian country in 2011.<\/p>\n At least two scenes from the false video can be seen in a clip aired by Japanese broadcaster TBS News<\/a>, affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN) (archived link<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n The TBS video was published on February 25, 2021 with a caption that said it showed archive footage of the tsunami that hit the coast of Miyako city on March 11, 2011.<\/p>\n “Valuable footage from that time at JNN stations will be archived to raise disaster prevention awareness and pass on the memories of that time to future generations,” its caption read.<\/p>\n Two vehicles were shown in a parking lot as it slowly filled with water at the 43-second mark before dozens of vehicles and blue containers were washed away at the one-minute 47-second mark.<\/p>\n The scenes matched the 12-second and 46-second marks of the false video, flipped horizontally from the earlier footage.<\/p>\n Below are screenshot comparisons of those scenes in the false video (left) and the TBS News footage (right):<\/p>\nOld footage<\/h3>\n