Fact Check: Was This Viral House Collapse Video Really From the NTT Earthquake?
A viral video claiming to show a house collapse during an earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, has been debunked. Fact-checkers confirmed the footage actually depicts a building collapse in Colombia following a separate earthquake.
Why it matters
This highlights the prevalence of misinformation during natural disasters and the importance of verifying social media content.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A video showing a house collapsing circulated on Facebook [archived] on Sunday, August 16, 2026. The nine-second video depicts a white, two-story house collapsing and sending up a thick cloud of dust.The post claimed the incident occurred in East Nusa Tenggara following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on August 15, 2026. "The sheer force of the NTT earthquake brought down the building," wrote one account on Sunday, August 16, 2026.Did the incident shown in the video of the collapsing house really take place in NTT?FACT CHECKTempo verified the content through a reverse image search and by consulting credible sources.
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