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Disasters & emergencies fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about disasters & emergencies. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,259 published reviews in this topic

日本ファクトチェックセンターDisasters & emergencies

トルコ大地震で津波が起きた

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review found that the circulating video was filmed in Durban, South Africa, by 2017, and was unrelated to the earthquake in Turkey. It also reports that Turkey’s disaster agency stated on February 6 that there was no tsunami danger along the eastern Mediterranean coast.

DoğrulaDisasters & emergencies

Fotoğrafın 6 Şubat depreminin ardından arama kurtarmaya katılan köpekleri gösterdiği iddiası

Publisher’s rating: Yanlış

The claim concerns photographs shared as showing dogs involved in search-and-rescue work after the 6 February 2023 earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş. Doğrula says it examined the photographs attached to those posts and concludes they were not taken during that earthquake. The review reports that it used reverse image search to investigate the images and found them on stock-image platforms. The review attributes both photographs to Czech photographer Jaroslav Noska and says his albums containing them were available on Shutterstock and Dreamstime. That provenance supports the review’s conclusion that the circulated photographs predated and were not documentary images from the 6 February earthquake. The excerpt does not provide individual image URLs or the photographs’ original capture dates, so those details cannot be established from the supplied text.