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Canada’s CN Tower did not shake due to an earthquake
After a recent earthquake struck Canada, a video clip showed buildings shaking, and the crash was posted on social media with the message that it was an earthquake in Canada. The video above has been shared several times and has mixed expressions and reactions from the users. However, we found that this video was associated with incorrect information.
This is about our investigation of this claim.
Social Media Claim
Recently, a lively video on Facebook showed aspects of the damage and its impact on the building, with the claim that that was the scene of the earthquake in Canada recently.
The post with the video clip above has been shared many times by social media users, along with mixed opinions and reactions as well.
Below is the full video clip posted on Facebook with the caption, “Nowhere else is easier to live than in our hometown”.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/965167244802069
Also, a video showing the CN building in Toronto, Canada, collapsing has also been found and posted by other TikTok users as well.
The same video clip above was also found and shared vigorously on the YouTube video site more recently, with the caption “9.5 magnitude earthquake in Canada”.
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia reviewed and verified the above claim through the Google Reverse Image Search application, which brings us to the following facts:
Through Google Reverse Image Search, we found the original and a longer video on the TikTok platform posted by a user named “Nemya Begloo” in October 2023.
Nemya Begloo is known as a graphic designer and creative manager. He always shows the edited scene attached to the CN building in Canada.
Similarly, on Nemya Begloo’s TikTok account, he posted several video clips with different shapes and forms of a similar scene that shows a CN building in Toronto, Canada, shaking and covered with the fabric of Christmas, and so on.
Below is the full image captured from his TikTok account above.
TikTok Profile | Archived Link
According to the USA Today website, published on April 5, 2024, a crane from a construction site collapsed on a bridge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing one person and injuring another three others.
The incident was not related to the recent earthquake in Canada.
USA Today News Report | Archived Link
The above video clip was also verified by The Quint website on May 2, 2024, which confirmed that the video clip showing the CN building in Canada shaking and collapsing was cut by design VFX graphics (visual effects) by Nemya Begloo.
The other aspect is old video clips that happened in other countries and were not related to the earthquake in Canada at all.
The Quint News Report | Archived Link
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Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found the claim, as mentioned above, is misleading. This video clip is a collection of edited and old video clips that took place in other countries and were not involved in the earthquake in Canada.
Title:Canada’s CN Tower did not shake due to an earthquake
Fact Check By: Kakada SimResult: Misleading
