Following a powerful earthquake striking Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan, at least 13 people have been confirmed dead so far. The tremors sent shock waves across several cities in Pakistan and Northern India.
Several images are being circulated across social media with the claim that it shows the aftermath of the quake.
A set of three viral images shows a huge crack on the road, a man standing in front of a destroyed building, and buildings turned to pieces. The viral set of images is shared with the claim that it shows the destruction in the aftermath of the earthquake in Kashmir.
We conducted a reverse image search on the image of the huge crack in the road. This led us to a result on GettyImages captioned, "A news cameraman films a damaged road following an earthquake on the outskirts of Mirpur on September 24, 2019. - At least 19 people have been killed and 300 wounded after a shallow earthquake rattled north-eastern Pakistan, a senior police officer said, with the tremor tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure."
With regards to the image showing the man standing in the midst of a destroyed building, we came across a report by the Guardian published on September 25, 2019, titled, ‘Pakistan earthquake leaves 19 dead and 300 injured in Kashmir region.’
The report contains the viral image with the caption, "A Pakistani man stands beside a collapsed building following an earthquake on the outskirts of...
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