Unrelated Videos Shared As Aftermath Of Earthquake In Tajikistan
By Sujith Two unrelated videos— one showing of a mine collapse in Inner Mongolia and another from Turkey have been falsely shared on social media as the recent earthquake in Tajikistan. BOOM found both videos are not related to Tajikistan’s earthquake. One video shows a collapse of a mine in Alxa Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia while other one is related to Turkey’s earthquake. According to reports, a strong earthquake measured at magnitude 6.8 hit Tajiskistan on February 23. The epicenter was said to be about 65km west of Murghob in Tajikistan near the border with China’s Xinjiang province. The 33 seco...