Following a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, on July 30, 2025, tsunami waves were generated that reached across the Pacific Ocean. Post the Tsunami, a video is going viral on the internet. A user on X, with the username ‘AdameMedia’ posted the viral video. The caption says “Insane tsunami footage out of Russia.” The user says that the viral video is of the recent Tsunami in Russia.
Another user on Youtube ‘DXONE46’ also posted the same video. The caption says “Man Hit by Tsunami After Kamchatka Earthquake Hits Russia and Japan”.
Fact Check
The team of DFRAC reviewed the viral video thoroughly and concluded that it was misleading. After searching the key frames of the video on google images, we found some similar videos. A youtube channel named ‘newsflare’ also uploaded the same on 10 May 2021. The caption, “Fishermen Make A Lucky Escape As Tsunami Hits In Greenland.” The description of the video reveals that On the evening of June, 17 th, 2017, a giant landslide fell onto the southern slope of the Umiammakku Nunaat peninsula. The small village Nuugaatsiaq was also hit by the tsunami wave whose initial height was more than 90 meters (approximately 300 ft.) and by the time it reached it, the wave had an average height of 10 meters (approximately 30 ft.).
The channel ‘LicetStudio’ also shared the same video with the caption “GREENLAND TSUNAMI: Fishermen Run For Their Lives.”
An article was also found authored by ‘nhess’ on 24 September 2020. The headline says “Arctic tsunamis are areas at risk of the coast with the landscape and communities Survey of Karrat Isfjord tsunami 2017 impacts in Nuugaatsiaq, West Greenland”. The article also says that a giant landslide that mobilized 3558million m3 of material occurred on the 17 June 2017 and deposited landslide material in the Karrat Isfjord in western Greenland. It triggered a tsunami wave with a runup height exceeding 90 m close to the landslide, ca. 50 m on the opposite shore of the fjord. The tsunami travelled ca. 32 km along the fjord and reached the settlement of Nuugaatsiaq with ca. 1–1.5 m high waves which flooded the terrain up to 9 m a.s.l. (above sea level).
Conclusion
Hence, it can be concluded that the video which is being referred to as of the Tsunami in Russia is misleading. The viral video is of a Tsunami in Greenland in 2017.
