Page 7 - March 2011 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A clip of waves washing away buildings and swallowing up fields has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in social media posts that falsely claim it shows a tsunami triggered by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off Japan's western coast on January 1, 2024. The clip does show damage caused by a tsunami, but the footage was filmed in Miyagi prefecture after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011.

A video compilation depicting scenes from an earthquake has been shared on social media with a false claim it shows impacts of a powerful tremor that struck the western coast of Japan in January 2024. However, all clips in the video were taken in March 2011 when an earthquake and tsunami caused massive damage and left tens of thousands killed or missing in Japan.

Footage of fishin g buoys washed away by waves has been shared by social media users with a false claim that it shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck the western coast of Japan on New Year's Day. The video in fact depicts scenes from the tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011.

After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the western coast of Japan on New Year's Day, a video was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed tsunami waves submerging a street in Ishikawa prefecture. While waves at least 1.2 metres (four feet) high did hit a coastal city in Ishikawa, the video in fact shows footage captured during a devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

To rise this morning. there are thought to be many more people trapped under collapsed buildings. the temperature in the area last night was below freezing. the race is now on to get to them as quickly as possible. but rescue efforts are being hampered by massive damage to roads. dozens of landslides triggered by the quake have blocked, or even ripped apart, many of the main roads along the peninsula. monday's quake was extremely large and shallow, and the shaking very violent. the highest recorded injapan since a massive quake hit the north—east coast back in march 2011, unleashing the fu k...