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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show New Year’s Day tsunami in Japan

WHAT WAS CLAIMED

A video shows the tsunami that struck Japan on Jan. 1 after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake.

OUR VERDICT

False:

The original clip was taken by TV Asahi following a 9.0 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.

By VERA Files

Jan 22, 2024

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This video is not of a tsunami after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Jan. 1. The original clip was taken by TV Asahi during a tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in March 2011.

A Facebook (FB) video claimed that a tsunami occurred after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Jan. 1. This is not true. The original clip was taken by TV Asahi following a 9.0 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.

 

Uploaded by FB page Pitikniboy BLOG, the erroneous video received around 22,500 interactions.

 

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(Editor’s Note: VERA Files has partnered with Facebook to fight the spread of disinformation. Find out more about this partnership and our methodology.)

 

Sources 

Japan Ministry of Defense official website, 令和6年能登半島地震に係る災害派遣について, Jan. 7, 2024

Keatonatron1 YouTube channel, Japan Tsunami Footage 2011, March 14, 2011

Music credits to Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

 

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