On July 30-31, various media outlets (Mega TV; Media Center “Mtavari”; Media Holding “Kvira”; Culture Channel)and Facebook users (1;2;3;4) shared a video which, according to them, shows the earthquake that occurred near Kamchatka. In the video, store shelves are seen collapsing due to the tremors, and a worker on-site is struck by a falling table.
The circulating video does not depict the earthquake near Kamchatka. While the footage is real, it was not filmed in Kamchatka. It actually shows an earthquake that occurred in Myanmar in March 2025.
We verified the footage using reverse image search. The results show that the video is old and was circulated in March 2025. It depicts the earthquake in Myanmar, not Kamchatka. The footage was published on March 29-30 by social media users, various websites, and media outlets (1;2;3;4).
Footage Showing the Myanmar Earthquake
The video was published on TikTok by an account belonging to a phone and accessories store. According to the accompanying text, the video was recorded in one of their branch locations. The account also shared other footage of the earthquake from different angles.
It is also noteworthy that the March video includes a timestamp indicating it was recorded on March 29, 2025. Some of the versions shared in connection with the Kamchatka earthquake have the timestamp cropped out, while in others the video quality is too poor to read the numbers, or only the year “2025” is visible.
Fact-checking organizations abroad have also verified the video (1;2;3).
On July 30, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The earthquake triggered tsunami waves heading toward Japan, Hawaii, and the western coast of the United States. In the hours following the quake, more than two million people were evacuated across the Pacific region. Alerts were issued in China, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. According to the Russian government, there were no casualties.
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