News validation: Old video, photo shared like the earthquake in Indonesia

On December 14, an undersea earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning. Terrified netizens took to social media, posting videos and photos of the earthquakes, claiming they were from the earthquakes in Indonesia.

One of these videos posted on Twitter shows photos taken inside a house that is shaking violently.

Another image of rescue workers walking next to a destroyed building was also circulated on social media with the same claim.

India Today’s Anti-Counterfeiting War Room (AFWA) has found the above allegations to be misleading. While the viral video was filmed in Alaska in November 2018, the photo was taken in January 2021 when an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province.

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With the help of the InVID tool and reverse image search, we found that the viral video was previously shared with different claims. In August 2021, it was shared as the Haiti earthquake.

The same video was also circulating in 2018, with users saying it was from Alaska.

We found that the original video was tweeted by James Easton in December 2018. While the viral video is 16 seconds long, the original video Easton posted was 33 seconds long. “A little shaken this morning,” he wrote in the caption.

On November 30, 2018, Alaska was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. It damaged many buildings, roads, and highways in Anchorage and the rest of south central Alaska.

#akearthquake #Earthquake. @Ch2KTUU A little shaken this morning. pic.twitter.com/IdVpcqdVI1

— James Easton (@JamesEastonCFO) November 30, 2018

Easton also responded to several media tweets that the video was filmed during the earthquakes.

When someone wanted to know the condition of the aquarium that could be seen in the video, Easton replied, “Yes! I was running from the basement just as the camera was tilted (under the tank) and I could feel the water splashing on me. It’s the first thing I checked after that. I lost About an inch of water. But I found my old TiVo remote.”

He also posted a picture of himself.

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With the help of reverse search, we found the viral photo on multiple international news sites. It was published on Al Jazeera on January 17, 2021.

The original photo was taken by Youssef Wael of the Associated Press. “Damaged roads and bridges, power outages and a lack of heavy equipment hampered rescuers in Indonesia,” the photo caption read.

According to news reports, dozens were killed and roads and buildings damaged in a massive earthquake in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province in January this year.

Therefore, it is confirmed that an old video from Alaska and an old photo of an earthquake in Indonesia were shared in the context of the recent earthquake in Indonesia.

(With input from Sonali Plan)

This photo and video show the magnitude of the recent earthquake in Indonesia. The viral video was filmed in Alaska in late 2018. The viral photo was taken after an earthquake hit Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province in January 2021.

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