A long crack in the earth where the Turkey quake struck? ❌ This footage shows deep fissures in a plateau in China caused by erosion, not an earthquake
Below is a screenshot comparison of the video clip in the false posts and the video from Douyin :The videos were published by awhich regularly uploads drone footage of mountainous areas.
The Douyin user told AFP the videos were filmed on the Loess Plateau, a highland area in north-central China covering some 400,000 square kilometers . with corresponding elements highlighted by AFP: screenshot comparison between the misleading video and Google Maps' globe view with corresponding elements highlighted by AFPthat there were up to"three thousand" fissures in Pinglu county, largely caused by soil erosion.
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