“Visuals showing strange behaviour of birds before the earthquake in Turkey on 06 February 2023”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Feb 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
These are old visuals and they actually show a flock of birds flying erratically over a freeway in Houston, Texas. The incident took place in 2017 and news agencies have reported the visuals back then. The visuals have nothing to do with the recent earthquake in Turkey
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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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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