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Video showing the intensity of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and its neighbouring countries on March 28, 2025, causing a suspension bridge to sway violently.
The archived version of the post can be seen here.
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Newschecker ran a reverse image search of the keyframes, which led us to this Youtube video, dated March 7, 2024, well before the Myanmar earthquake, headlined, “Terrifying Dashcam Footage: 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Taiwan.”
“April 3, 2024 – Taiwan A terrifying moment caught on dashcam as a 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes a bridge in Taiwan. A motorcyclist stops in shock as the ground beneath them sways violently. This was Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, triggering landslides, infrastructure damage, and tsunami warnings…” read the description of the video.
A further search led us to this China Times report, dated June 26, 2024, sharing a screengrab of the video, stating that the Meilun River Bridge located on Hualien 16th Avenue [Taiwan] was damaged in the April 3rd earthquake and was only reopened to traffic after being repaired for several days. A similar Instagram post, dated April 7, 2024, can be seen here, stating that it is from a bridge in Hualien.
Newschecker learnt that Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on April 3, 2024, and injured more than 900, as some buildings tilted at precarious angles in the mountainous, sparsely populated county of Hualien, near the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake. Similar write-ups can be seen here and here, confirming the earthquake that struck southwest of Hualien City, Taiwan, on April 3, 2024.We also found the location of the bridge seen in the viral video on Google Maps, situated at Shiliugu Boulevard in Taiwan’s Hualien County, confirming that it is not from the recent earthquake that struck Myanmar.
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China Times report, June 26, 2024
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