“8 MINUTES AGO! The largest underwater volcano has SUDDENLY CRACKED OPEN the Earth!”
Social media posts
in a video caption. Claim dated 27 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano did erupt, but it was in January 2022, not recently.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 November 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3778159675801404
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