An old video going viral in the name of the Nepal earthquake – read this fact check

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On December 28, two earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 and 5.3 hit Nepal. No loss of life or property has been reported so far. 

A user on Twitter shared the video and wrote, “Powerful #Earthquake at Nepal, I hope there is no damage to the people of Nepal, I pray for everyone’s recovery. @EONIndia.

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Source: Twitter

Several others also shared the video with similar claims on social media.

Fact Check:

To verify the viral claim, we did a reverse search of the video and found that the same video was uploaded on Wild Films India’s YouTube channel on April 13, 2020. The same video went viral a few years ago.

Source: YouTube

Conclusion:

The video going viral on social media is old and from the year 2020. So it is misleading.