A powerful earthquake on the east coast of Russia has inspired withdrawal in the Pacific region from Japan to Peru, and caused tsunami waves in Russia, Japan and Hawaii. In the footage that revolves online, therefore misinformation is almost.
The DW Fact Czech has seen false information from sharing the fake and fully fabricated claims on the ground in the context of the situation on the ground.
Opra Winfrey accused of blocking a private road
The American talk show host and actress Opra Winfrey, who live part time in Mau, Hawaii, aims to strict criticism. He is a property there And the private road running over it has saved the debate:
claim: “In Mau, airports are going to high ground. Opra Winfrey has refused people to use their private road,” A user claims X.
DW fact check: Misleader
At the time when the post was published on X, the road in this question which is already open to traffic, as the Maura police department clarified. statement: “The road of Opra is open to get a disaster.”
A spokesman for the Opra Winfrey reacted in claims in a statement shared Newsweek: “As soon as we heard the tsunami warning, we contacted local law enforcement and FEMA to open the road.
Nevertheless, it claims that Opra Winfrey will block its road to public traffic, even due to going to a tsunami. Especially on X, Posts For Impact reached millions, and the story spread so Thread And TikokokPeople reacted angrily to these positions.
Some users posted Video Showing that road is open to traffic. This, as well as confirming by the Maura police, claims that the Opra Winfrey is preventing the public use of its road to the high areas of the Maue island, showing the search positions as misleading.
Old footage claims to show the effect of earthquake
With the previous braking news events, most of the legs shared have the old footage, which has been labeled to suggest that the magnitude has recently been shown after the 8.8 earthquake.
One of the most viral videos shows a couple in a roof swimming pool that heavy shocks begin.
claim: “This is in the roof swimming pool of a high-wide building during an M7.7 earthquake,” Post on XWhich has been 2.6 million views at the time of writing.
DW fact check: Untrue
While the footage is real and shows the effect of the earthquake, it is not from a recent earthquake in eastern Russia. The video was shot on March 28, 2025 at a hotel in Bangkok, which was a magnitude during the 7.7 earthquake centered in Central Myanmar. Shocks were felt in Thailand and South -West China.
The clip can be verified through reverse image search and appears in it. Media reportFrom that time.
Subsequently, a lot of fake materials were shared, allegedly showing more effects after the earthquake. The DW fact check was found at the time that some of this information were false.
Tsunami video misleading
Another Post on XClaims to show “crazy tsunami footage” out of Russia. However, a reverse image search revealed back into four-haloca video showing the impact of tsunami waves in Greenland.
Can be found in the original clip Media reportOf time. Subsequently, a huge country slide triggered a tsunami wave, which surprised local fishermen.
A Third videoWalking on X, allegedly shows the tsunami waves while hitting the land. But what is this clip First posted in 2017And Durban in South Africa shows the waves in the North Beach. It has been misled in the past, which includes In 2023When it was posted with a false claim, he showed tsunami after the Turkish-Syrian earthquake.
Whales were on the beach in Japan due to tsunami?
A Viral postWith 6.4 million views on the X show screenshot from a TBS News Dig Report about a Japanese beach stranded whale. The Post estimates that the bees may be placed on the bees by a tsunami.
claim: “Tetiama City, in Chiba Province, a whale is flipping for unknown reasons, possibly due to the effect of a tsunami,” post says.
DW fact check: unknown
A reverse image confirms with search footage A TBS news reportPictures of the agency from Yomiuri Shimbun/AP, verify through the pictures coalition that the whales were really. However, according to the Chiba prefecural police, when the whale was placed on the beach a day before the tsunami and the events are considered unrelated.
A report by Asahi shimbunTajima Yuko, a quotes expert at the National Museum of Nature and Science, who notes that if there are unusual underground sounds before the earthquake, their effects on the whale remain unknown.
Artis has also quoted Mika Kuroda from NPO Dyaming Netwado, who says there is no factual basis for suggestions that the beach whales are the precursor for earthquakes, not at least because dolphins or whales are on the beach every day in Japan.
A sleeve of footage generated AI
Artificial intelligence hence contributes to the wave of disineformation. After the earthquake in Russia, many viral posts of a tsunami alert in California confuse misleading Scene.
One of the search viral images can be seen in a post on X sting: “Balboa has gone.” It refers to a waterfront neighborhood in Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, which is connected to the mainland from a bridge, Boat, and many public docks.
The image shows the rows of submergence Buildings that are almost completely under water, only their roof and top floor appear. In the background, a bridge can be seen above the waterline.
DW fact check: Fake
This is an AI-Janit image. While a tsunami clock was released for parts of California, An estimated impact was expected several hours after this image was posted.At the time of posting, there were no official orders in San Francisco.
Also, image Visual anomalies include. Despite the water that appears to attach the buildings, the foot leg in the background is fully visible, suggesting that the water level is not consistent in the image. The original post is more than 95.2K ideas.
DW Fact Czech then tested this image on AI-Detecting Tools Both AIORNOT and Hive Moderation identified it as 99% AI.
As soon as people relax in the sun, Tsuman view
Another Misleading videoTo broadcast online claims to show the real -time impact of tsunami: ,Breaking – Russian earthquake starts rolling in tsunami footage“Says a post on X.
One of the video is shown as a large wave approach on a beach and crash on the sand. In The latter clip, a similar wave is shown to attach to the edge.
DW fact check: Fake
This video is AI-Janit. In the footage, no person keeps an eye on the coming wave, even it reaches them and washes them. Therefore the formation of the wave is incompatible with natural behavior, Get out of somewhere without any visible buildup.
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