Fact Check | Old images of leaning building falsely linked to April 2 Taiwan earthquake

| Updated: April 4, 2024
Fact-check by ANDRE M. CHANG
Claim reviewed: "Images of leaning building falsely linked to April 2, 2024 Taiwan earthquake."
Claim date: April 2, 2024

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    • Image of leaning building falsely linked to April 2, 2024 Taiwan earthquake

    Rating: 1

    False
    1="False", 2="Mostly false", 3="Half true", 4="Mostly true", 5="True"

    Fact:

    Image of leaning building falsely linked to April 2, 2024 Taiwan earthquake
    Screenshot taken on April 4, 2024, from NPR website

    Published Date: February 6, 2018
    Caption: Rescue and emergency workers block off a street where a building came off its foundation, the morning after a 6.4 magnitude quake hit the eastern Taiwanese city of Hualien, on Wednesday. Paul Yang/AFP/Getty Images
    Reference:
    Romo, Vanessa. “6.4 Magnitude Quake Hits Taiwan, at Least 4 Dead.” NPR, 6 Feb. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/06/583695625/6-4-magnitude-quake-hits-taiwan-at-least-2-dead. Accessed April 4, 2024.

    Fact Check | Old images of leaning building falsely linked to April 2 Taiwan earthquake

    | Updated: April 4, 2024
    Fact-check by ANDRE M. CHANG
    Claim reviewed: "Images of leaning building falsely linked to April 2, 2024 Taiwan earthquake."
    Claim date: April 2, 2024

  • Claim appearance: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5SzUDVvji8/
  • Claim author name:


    • Image of leaning building falsely linked to April 2, 2024 Taiwan earthquake

    Rating: 1

    False
    1="False", 2="Mostly false", 3="Half true", 4="Mostly true", 5="True"

    Fact:

    Leaning building
    Screenshot taken on April 4, 2024, from Deutsche Welle (DW) website

    Published date: February 7, 2018
    Headline: "Strong earthquake rocks eastern Taiwan"
    "A deadly 6.4 magnitude quake has devastated the eastern city of Hualien."
    Image credit: picture-alliance/ZUMA Wire/Y. Yuewei, taken on February 6, 2018

    Reference:
    "Strong Earthquake Rocks Eastern Taiwan – DW – 02/07/2018." Dw.com, www.dw.com/en/taiwan-earthquake-leaves-several-dead-hundreds-injured/a-42472428#:~:text=A%20deadly%206.4%20magnitude%20quake. Accessed April 4, 2024.