{"id":35090,"date":"2024-08-21T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T05:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/video-shows-new-years-day-quake-in-japan-not-tremor-in-august-2024\/21\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T05:04:08","slug":"video-shows-new-years-day-quake-in-japan-not-tremor-in-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/video-shows-new-years-day-quake-in-japan-not-tremor-in-august-2024\/21\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows New Year’s Day quake in Japan, not tremor in August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Screenshot of the false post, taken on August 19, 2024<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The posts emerged online a day after a powerful 7.1-magnitude<\/a><\/span> earthquake struck the Miyazaki prefecture in southwestern Japan on August 8, 2024.\u00a0No major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves lashed the coast<\/span> (archived link<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The country’s weather agency said a huge earthquake was more likely in the aftermath of the jolt — which left at least 15 people injured — but the alert for the said megaquake has been lifted<\/a> on August 15 (archived link<\/a>).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The same video has also been shared alongside similar claims in several languages including Korean<\/a>, Filipino<\/a>, Burmese<\/a> and\u00a0Chinese<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the footage first circulated online in January 2024 and shows a separate earthquake incident in Ishikawa, a prefecture situated in central Japan.<\/p>\n

January 1st quake<\/span><\/h3>\n

A reverse image search using the video’s thumbnail along with keyword searches on Google found a similar longer<\/span> footage published<\/a> on the website of Getty Images (archived link<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of the original video on Getty Images, taken on August 19, 2024<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Part of the caption read: “Japan: People Hide Under Tables At Bowling Alley In Ishikawa During M7.5 Earthquake. A strong earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture on January 1.”<\/p>\n

The video<\/a> was credited<\/span> to\u00a0Spectee, which describes itself as a UGC aggregation service provider specialising<\/span> on real-time disaster communications in Japan (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the Facebook post (left) and the video published by Spectee (right):<\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the false posts (left) and the original video published by Spectee (right)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

International media such as CNN<\/a> and Al Jazeera<\/a> also featured the same video in their reports\u00a0about the earthquake that struck Japan on January 1\u00a0(archived links here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP has previously debunked misinformation related to Japan’s earthquake in August 2024\u00a0here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Screenshot of the false post, taken on August 19, 2024 The posts emerged online a day after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck