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      Unrelated Video Viral As Strange Sky Lights Before Türkiye Earthquake

      BOOM found that the viral video is from Balkhash, Kazakhstan.

      By -  Anmol Alphonso & Sujith
      Published -  11 Feb 2023 6:31 PM IST
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      Unrelated Video Viral As Strange Sky Lights Before Türkiye Earthquake

      An old video from Balkhash, Kazakhstan is being shared falsely claiming that it is recent from Türkiye showing bright strange lights in the night sky just before the devastating earthquake that hit the country on February 6, 2023.

      Three quakes of 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0, hit Türkiye’s southern regions on February 6, 2023, causing widespread destruction in the country and in neighbourng Syria. Another 5.6 tremor struck on Tuesday as well. The death toll at the time of writing this fact-check was reported to be around more than 23000 people.

      In the viral video which is around 34 seconds long, a bright light glows in the sky. This is being shared with the caption, "Before Turkey Earthquake"


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      The same video is being shared with the false claim on Facebook.



      Also Read:Video Of Building Demolition In Saudi Arabia Peddled As Turkey Quake

      FACT-CHECK

      BOOM was able to geo-locate the viral video to Balkhash, Kazakhstan. We were able to establish that the video is old dating back to atleast September 2022 and not related to the quake that hit Türkiye recently.

      On checking the replies to the tweet with the viral video, we found several users pointing out that the incident is from Kazakhstan and claiming that it is from a rocket launch.

      A tweet from a handle (@catascah) posted on October 7, 2022, had posted the same viral video with the caption, "Baikonur Cosmodrome - Southern Kazakhstan 06/10/2022"

      The visuals and sequence of events in this video match the viral video which shows that it is not recent.

      Baikonur Cosmodrome - Southern Kazakhstan
      06/10/2022 pic.twitter.com/MQsUIJdvE3

      — Catasach (@catasach369) October 7, 2022

      Taking a hint that it is from Kazakhstan, we then ran a reverse image search using Yandex after breaking the video into keyframes. The search results showed Telegram posts with the same video and the caption, "Балкаш. Суббота." posted on September 25, 2022.


      The translation of the caption to English reads "Balkhash. Saturday". Balkhash is located in Kazakhstan, and on searching on Google maps we were able to geo locate the exact location.

      On comparing the location seen in the viral video with the street view, we can see that both the locations match which shows that it is from the same place. The Google Maps photos are from February 2021.




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      KazakhstanTürkiye Earthquakeviral
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      Claim :   Video shows bright lights in the sky before earthqake that hit Turkey
      Claimed By :  Social Media
      Fact Check :  False
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