Old video from the 2023 Turkey earthquake goes viral linking to recent earthquake in Venezuela

At least 920 people are dead and over 3,000 have been injured after north-central Venezuela was devastated by rare, back-to-back doublet earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 on 24 June, 2026.

Against this backdrop, a video showing a building collapsing has gone viral on social media, with claims that it depicts the recent earthquake in Venezuela. 

Let’s check the truth.

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Fact check:

We began our investigation with a reverse image search on Google, and the results led us to an X post from 6 February 2023 carrying the same video under the caption “Video showing an entire building collapsing in Turkey after 7.8 earthquake.”

This indicates that the viral video is not recent and not related to the earthquake in Venezuela.

Using these hints, we conducted further searches and found the same video uploaded on the YouTube channel of Reuters on 6 February 2023. The description states, “A dramatic video shows a building collapse in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria.”

Moving forward, we found several media reports carrying the same incident. As per reports, “At least one seven-story building collapsed in the Haliliye district of Şanlıurfa province in Turkey during an aftershock of an enormous 7.8-magnitude earthquake.” The footage shows a high-rise building collapsing to the ground.

On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 37 km (23 mi) west–northwest of Gaziantep. There was widespread damage and tens of thousands of fatalities.

So, taking account of all this evidence, we can understand that an old video of the Turkey earthquake was falsely shared as a recent earthquake in Venezuela.

Conclusion

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. This video shows the collapse of an apartment building in Turkey during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake of February 2023, not in Venezuela.