After a huge earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, social media posts mistakenly claimed images of a destroyed town showed the consequences of the tremor. These photos were actually taken in the Gaza Strip after Israeli troops were withdrawn in early 2025 Ceasefire.
“The 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar is full of devastating everything, everything in the ruins.”
Post, later deleteshared four photos of destruction of buildings and rubble.
Screenshot of fake posts taken on April 16, 2025
this Clip A day after the impact of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, a few minutes later, a 6.7-fold aftershock was shocked.
Geologists say it’s the biggest shock that has hit the country in decades The disaster killed more than 3,600 people (released link).
The same photos radiate similar claims on Tiktok, Du Lin – this Chinese Tiktok version – and YouTube.
Screenshot of fake posts on Douyin was taken on April 16, 2025
However, looking for the reverse image of the first photo in the post resulted in a Tiktok video shared by users in Gaza on February 20. The clip shows the same destruction architecture (Archive link).
Screenshots compare false statement videos (L) with original Tiktok clips
A photo from Türkiye’s Anadolu News Agency shows the same scene.
“The view of the destruction of the Jabbaria camp after the ceasefire in Gaza on February 5, 2025 is as follows: “Title explain.
Screenshots in photos compare wrong Facebook posts (L) and Anadolu images with elements highlighted by AFP
The fight in January ceased, causing Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 to spark more than 15 months of war.
In the next phase of the difference, Israel resumed operations on Palestinian territory in March after a two-month-old ceasefire collapse (archive link).
AFP here and here debunks other misinformation about the Myanmar earthquake.
