These viral Venezuela earthquake videos aren’t all what they seem
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a building that collapsed when earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, June 28. AP Photo by Matias Delacroix
Poynter Institute
Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble, saying it shows the destruction of two massive earthquakes in Venezuela. Although many videos are authentic, some are not of the June 24 destruction.
Venezuela’s government said June 29 that more than 1,700 people were killed after 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck within 39 seconds in northern Venezuela, west of Caracas, collapsing hundreds of buildings.
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