Social media posts claim the earthquakes in Venezuela were engineered by HAARP, a research experiment often subject to misinformation. But experts say HAARP cannot create such natural disasters.
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PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 videos that falsely depict scenes from Venezuela’s earthquakes
This isn’t footage from Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of ‘Laser Beams’ Falsely Linked To Venezuela Earthquakes Was Published On TikTok Months Before The Quake
Does a video show how multiple laser beams scanned the ground in the instant before the Venezuela earthquakes struck? No, that's not true: One clip in the video was published on TikTok on March 18, 2026, months before earthquakes struck V
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Two Towers Crashing Into Each Other During Venezuela Earthquakes
Does a video show two towers crashing into each other during the Venezuela earthquakes on June 24, 2026? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined that the video was 98.6% "likely to be AI-generated" and appears to be a 3D phys
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ryan Garcia Predicting LA Earthquakes Is NOT Remarkable — They’re A Daily Occurrence
Was boxer Ryan Garcia unusually prescient with his prediction that an earthquake would hit Los Angeles and Las Vegas on June 6, 2024? No, that's not true: There was no earthquake in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 6, 2024. And there are earthq
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map That Shows Parts Of US To Be Hit By Floods, Earthquakes From 2024 Is NOT Official
Is a Safe Zones Map that shows parts of the United States that may be submerged by "the sea" or wracked by earthquakes an official map? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to back up this claim. Additionally, the map and its accompan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Peter Doocy, John Berman Did NOT Report That 100 Earthquakes "Just Hit" Yellowstone In December 2023
Did journalists Peter Doocy or John Berman report that 100 earthquakes "just hit" Yellowstone National Park and that such earthquakes may lead to an "eruption"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that either journalist reported suc
Logically→ No, Iceland’s earthquakes are not secret military operations to rescue trafficked children
Logically→ HAARP was used to cause earthquakes in Japan in 2011 and 2007.
Logically→ The video depicts a fracture in the earth’s crust caused by recent earthquakes in Turkey.
This old video shows the Loess Plateau in China's Pinglu County and is unrelated to the recent earthquake that hit Turkey in February 2023.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do magnetic pole shifts cause modern climate change and earthquakes? Science says no
“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Turkey-Syria earthquakes were natural disasters, not geoengineered
The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP
Logically→ This video shows cars on an overpass taken during the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.
A video captured during Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been misattributed to the recent earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Quake Prediction CANNOT Foresee Earthquakes — Scientists Cannot Forecast Them
Can websites like Quake Prediction "predict" an earthquake? No, that's not true: Scientists cannot predict when, where or at what magnitude an earthquake will occur. However, scientists can estimate the probability that an earthquake of a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Seismic Activity Grid Pattern On Map Is NOT Evidence The La Palma Eruption And Earthquakes Are An Artificial Attack
Does the grid pattern on a seismic activity map indicate the La Palma volcanic eruption and earthquakes are an artificial attack? No, that's not true: The grid effect which appears on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (ESMC)
AFP Fact Check→ Most of these photos were taken after earthquakes in Turkey, Italy and Pakistan — not Tajikistan
Multiple posts on Facebook and Instagram have shared six photos alongside a claim they show the destruction caused by an earthquake in Tajikistan in February 2021. The claim is misleading: four of the photos have appeared in reports about earthquakes
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show damage caused by different earthquakes in Taiwan from 2016 to 2019
Four photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim they show the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Taiwan in December 2020. The claim is false: the images actually show damage caused by three different earth
Snopes→ Big Earthquakes Raise Interest in West Coast Warning System
The ShakeAlert system is substantially built in California and overall is about 55% complete.
Snopes→ The Truth About ‘Earthquakes’ Caused By Jubilant Sports Fans
Headlines regarding the seismic potential of sports fans are largely meaningless from a scientific standpoint.
Snopes→ Do Yellowstone Earthquakes Foretell a Coming Cataclysm?
Does recent unusual geothermic and seismic activity in Yellowstone Park foretell a coming cataclysmic event in the area?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Horse Protecting Owner After Earthquake In Japan Is AI-Generated
Does a video show real footage of a horse protecting its owner from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan? No, that's not true: The video shows signs of being AI-generated. Additionally, Lead Stories could not find any reports related to su
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows A 1957 Nuclear Test In U.S. NOT In Iran — No Evidence Earthquake In Gerash Region Was Caused By Nuke
Does a video show a nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran? No, that's not true: The video clip shows a nuclear test in the Nevada desert in 1957. The mislabeled video clip bears the watermark of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral AI Video Does NOT Document A California Aquarium Collapse In Which 50 People Died
Did a California aquarium collapse, killing 50 people, as was claimed in a viral Instagram reel? No, that's not true: A disaster of that magnitude and novelty would have been a worldwide news story and there is no record of such an event
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 29, 2025 Tsunami Waves Hitting California — Clickbait Video Falsely Labelled Clips Of Other Events
Does a viral video show tsunami waves caused by a July 29, 2025 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast hitting California's coast? No, that's not true: The Los Angeles Times described the tsunami waves as "modest". California emergency man
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show An Alaska Earthquake — It’s A Clickbait Mashup Of Scenes Not Shot In Alaska
Does a viral TikTok video of disaster scenes document the impacts of an earthquake in Alaska? No, that's not true: The opening shot was taken in Taiwan and the other eight clips that make up the video were either not captured in Alaska, t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Turkish Commandos’ Swearing To Hunt Down ‘USA/Israel’s Terrorists’ In December 2024
Does a video show "Turkish commandos" swearing to hunt down "USA/Israel's terrorists" in December 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories Turkish-speaking staff confirmed that the uniformed people shown in the footage did not mention the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show December 2024 Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake In California — Past Quakes Around World
Do some videos circulating online show the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck California on December 5, 2024? No, that's not true: Several videos posted online were mislabeled as showing California when they were actually filmed in othe
Climate Feedback→ Climate vs. weather: a deep dive on the key differences
What’s the difference between ‘climate’ and ‘weather’? Although they are related, these are actually two distinct concepts and they are measured at very different timescales. Despite this, some people use these terms interchangeably, leading
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show HAARP Devices ‘Positioned Perfectly’ Around Florida — Coral Restoration Project
Does a video shared on Facebook genuinely show underwater HAARP devices surrounding Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall? No, that's not true: The video shows a coral restoration project in the Florida Keys, two marine scient
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Tornado’ Videos Do NOT Show Extreme Weather In Canada, Dubai
Do two reels posted to Facebook authentically show clips of tornadoes that occurred in Dubai and Canada? No, that's not true: Experts told Lead Stories that the twisters shown in the clips were fake and 100 percent AI-generated content. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hydrothermal Explosion At Yellowstone Biscuit Basin In July 2024 Was NOT ‘Unusual’
Was a hydrothermal explosion on July 23, 2024, at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin considered "unusual" by experts, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: Officials with the U.S. Geological Service said the "small hydrother
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EISCAT Radar System In Finland, Norway and Sweden Does NOT Have Mind Control Capabilities
Can the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association, or EISCAT Scientific Association, use its technologies for mind control, as a video on social media claims? No, that's not true: EISCAT Scientific Association Director Axel Steuw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mosque Destroyed In China — Earthquake-Damaged Minaret In Turkey Required Demolition
Does a video posted on X show a work crew in China destroying a mosque? No, that's not true: This scene has nothing to do with China because the video shows a mishap that occurred in Adana, Turkey where the minaret of the Gökoğlu Mosque
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Large Lightning Bolt, Strange Lights Did NOT Appear Right Before Morocco Earthquake In This Video — 2020 CGI Video Creation
Did a large lightning bolt and strange lights appear in this video right before the earthquake struck Morocco on September 8, 2023? No, that's not true: The video, originally posted on TikTok (archived here) on May 1, 2020, was removed fr
Health Feedback→ No imminent avian flu pandemic is being staged by Bill Gates or the WHO; claim by Redacted YouTube channel misrepresented sources
REVIEW In a video on the “Redacted” YouTube channel, entrepreneurs Clayton and Natali Morris suggested that some institutions and individuals were working together to stage an avian flu pandemic. According to them, this false pandemic would be t
Truth or Fiction?→ AOC Parody Account on Twitter Aims to Confuse
On May 30 2023, screenshots appeared of a tweet by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), about a verified “parody account” targeting her: FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘CIA Document’ Does NOT Explain How The ‘World Is Going To End’
Does a declassified "CIA document" prove that the intelligence agency knows "how the world is going to end"? No, that's not true: The "document" is an excerpt from a book, "The Adam and Eve Story: The History of Cataclysms." It was not wr
Truth or Fiction?→ Google Maps ‘Shooting in Nashville’ Marker
Following the March 27 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a purported Google Maps screenshot referencing the incident was shared to Reddit’s r/ABoringDystopia: Dystopian Maps Alert. Welcome to the US. by u/take
Logically→ Videos show the earthquake that hit eastern Tajikistan on February 23.
Old video clips of various earthquakes from around the world have been misattributed to the recent earthquake in Tajikistan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HAARP Does NOT ‘Send A Billion-Watt Microwave’ To Cause Disasters On Earth
Can the Alaska-based HAARP project, a former military research facility for studying the ionosphere, remotely initiate natural disasters such as earthquakes anywhere on Earth? No, that's not true: An "explanation" of its purported capabil