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“Visuals of Tsunami waves that hit Turkey after the earthquake on 06 February 2023”
Social media posts Claim dated 7 Feb 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The viral posts contain videos from two different incidents from the past. One shows the visuals of a Tsunami wave approaching the seashore, shot during the 2018 Indonesian Earthquake-Tsunami. The second one is from 2017, filmed on Durban beach, South Africa, when huge waves hit the shore

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 7 February 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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