North India woke up to strong tremors early on Monday morning. A 4.0-magnitude tremor first hit Delhi-NCR at around 5:30 a.m. and then in Bihar at 8 a.m. The strong tremors caused residents of high-rise buildings in Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad to rush out of their homes.
Amidst the news reports and several posts on social media platforms, a video, which looks like CCTV footage taken from a home is being widely shared on social media platforms. During the investigation, we found that the video was not from New Delhi but from Pakistan. According to reports, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday.
Claim:
X user Anu Sharma shared the viral video with hashtags, Delhi and earthquake in the caption.
Other users too are sharing the video with the same claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by checking the profile from where the video was taken from by certain X profiles.
The video was first shared by Muhammad Abdullah Hashmi.
The hashtag used along with the video was, Islamabad.
The video was also shared by Rasala.pk on their X handle.
Further, we checked the date shown on the keyframes obtained from the video, the date was 15th February, 2025 time mentioned was 22:48:15.
The earthquake in Islamabad occurred on 15th February, 2025 at 11:18 pm, according to the reports.
However, the earthquake in New Delhi occurred early morning on Monday, 17th February.
Conclusion: Viral CCTV footage claiming to show earthquake in New Delhi is actually from Islamabad, Pakistan. The viral claim is misleading.
