Mount Kanlaon on the main Philippine island of Negros appeared on the night of June 3, triggering a minimum of 2,800 individuals to leave into emergency situation centres due to falling ash, gases and the hazard of lahars from the volcano.
The state volcanology company Phivolcs raised the alert level for the volcano from one to 2 on a scale of no to 5, alerting more explosive eruptions were possible.
However the video reveals Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano appearing in 2018, not the Philippines’ Kanlaon volcano in June 2024.
Indonesian eruption
Google reverse image searches of the video’s keyframes, followed by keyword searches on YouTube, discovered a video submitted by user Martin Rietze on November 6, 2018, which has actually gathered more than 13 million views (archived link).
The video’s caption checked out in part: “Anak Krakatau volcanic activity in the evening, 24-26 Oct 2018. Eruptions recorded in genuine time, no timelapse!”
The user is a Germany-based professional photographer who typically publishes high-definition video of volcanoes on his main site and YouTube channel (archived links here and here).
The incorrect posts reveal a mirrored and sped-up variation of the 2018 video as much as its 20-second mark.
Below is a screenshot contrast of the incorrect video (left) and the 2018 video of Anak Krakatau (best):
The very same video was likewise released by video company Newsflare, credited to Rietze (archived link).
Indonesian media outlets Liputan 6 and Tempo.co likewise reported Anak Krakatau’s volcanic activity on October 24, 2018 (archived links here and here).
Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol informed AFP on June 4 that the eruption in the distributing video did disappoint the current eruption of Mount Kanlaon.
Authentic images of the Kanlaon volcano eruption were released by AFP with credit to witnesses Irish Casag and Dollet Demaflies, as displayed in the screenshot listed below:
The Philippines is regularly struck by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes due to its area on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — a zone of extreme seismic activity.
AFP has actually formerly reported on other volcanic false information here.
