Japan tsunami footage re-circulated after August 2024 earthquake

Old footage of a tsunami that hit a city in Miyagi Prefecture, eastern Japan, in 2011 has been viewed more than a million times with the false claim that it was recorded after a powerful earthquake in August 2024. Authorities said only minor tsunamis were recorded after the recent earthquake that struck southern Japan.

“The aftermath of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Japan,” reads the text at the top of a four-minute Facebook video that has been viewed more than 1.5 million times since it was posted on August 11, 2024.

The footage appears to have been filmed from the roof of a building, and shows cars being swept away by floodwaters.

The text below the video says: “Tsunami Earthquake.”

Screenshot of the fake post taken on August 20, 2024.

The caption refers to a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan on August 8, with no major damage reported and only a relatively minor tsunami hitting the coast (archive link).

Authorities warned of the possibility of a “huge earthquake” after the quake, before lifting it a week later.

The video was also circulated alongside a similar false claim on Facebook and YouTube.

But this clip doesn't show a recent tsunami. It was taken during Japan's worst natural disaster in living memory — the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown of March 11, 2011, which left more than 18,500 people dead or missing.

Old footage of the tsunami

AFP had previously debunked posts that falsely linked the video to a hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos and a storm in Japan.

The clip matches footage posted on YouTube by Fuji News Network (FNN) in October 2012, with a watermark indicating it was taken on March 11, 2011, in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, eastern Japan (archive link).

The video's YouTube caption indicates that it was filmed by an employee from the roof of the Ishinomaki Gas Company building.

Here's a comparison between the screenshots in the fake posts (left) and the FNN screenshots (right):

Screenshot comparison between the video in the fake posts (left) and the FNN footage (right)

The location of the video matches Google Maps images showing the three blue pipe towers and two blue spherical structures visible from the Ishinomaki Gas Co. office (archived link).

Here's a comparison of a screenshot of the structures in the FNN video (left) and the location on Google Maps (right), with similarities identified by AFP:

Screenshot comparison of the structures in the FNN video (left) and the location on Google Maps (right)

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