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Video Showing Beluga Whales Washed Ashore Predates the Earthquake in Russia
Fact-Check: The users posting the video claim that five Beluga whales are stranded off-shore in the Kamchatka peninsula following the recent earthquake near Russia. However, the video is old and unrelated.
On July 30, 2025, an earthquake with a magnitude of about 8.8 struck the eastern Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. Reuters reported that a tsunami of 3-5 meters was recorded in the Kamchatka Peninsula. Tsunami warnings were issued in various countries, including Japan and the United States. People are being evacuated to safer areas in Japan, Hawaii, and the west coast of the United States. In this context, some videos are being widely circulated on…
Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. Beluga viral video is unrelated to the 8.8 earthquake in Russia On July 29, 2025, a major 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, causing a tsunami alert in several Pacific countries. However, in the midst of earthquake coverage, a video showing five beluga whales stranded on the coast, supposedly “predicting” the earthquake, began to…
It circulates on social networks a video in which five beluga whales stranded on a beach appear and, according to viral messages, the images would be related to the earthquake that has shaken Russia on July 30. However, it is a bull. Context. On July 30 a magnitude earthquake of 8.8 has hit the south of the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka. Among the consequences of the earthquake, tsunami alerts are found in several countries of the Pacific, such…
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