“Video shows 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Oregon.”
Social media posts
a Threads post. Claim dated 1 Nov 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
A social media video claimed to show footage taken as an earthquake hit in Seaside, a beach resort town in northwest Oregon, but officials there said no impact was felt from the offshore quake.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 November 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 November 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/61T2E
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