Claim
An X (formerly known as Twitter) users took to the platform on April 3rd 2024 to comment on the latest earthquake that hit Taiwan on the same day. Images of the waters of a river swaying were captured to showcase the potential impact of the quake.
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Fact Check
The DFRAC team conducted a reverse search analysis to check the veracity of the claims and found that these images were from the Noto earthquake that hit Japan on January 1st of the same year.
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The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the eastern county of Hualien, killing nine and injuring more than 1,000. The earthquake is close to land and it’s shallow. It’s felt all over Taiwan and offshore islands… It’s the strongest in 25 years,” Wu Chien Fu, the director of Taipei’s Seismology Centre said on Wednesday. (According to the BBC)
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According to Yahoo News, the video is clearly from Japan and not Taiwan and was captured b y Rie Yakushaki, a local resident in Japan and not a truck driver as stated in the claim.
Conclusion
While Taiwan did face a major earthquake, the video shown is not from April 3rd but from another date and location. Hence the claim is misleading
Conclusion: Misleading
