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The claim

Viral videos show the destruction caused by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026.

Rating

Misleading

Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka reports that several widely shared videos attributed to the Venezuela earthquakes were filmed years earlier in other countries or were likely synthetic. It identifies one building-collapse video as footage from the 2023 Türkiye earthquake and another as a planned demolition there after the earthquakes.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026