Video showing recent Semeru volcano eruption is fake
Video does not show recent Semeru volcano eruption
(Reuters) - Social media users are sharing a superimposed image of a volcano and a waterfall, falsely claiming that it shows the recent Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesia.
Examples can be seen here with the caption: “Semeru Mountain volcanic eruption from 2 days ago.”
Semeru, the tallest mountain on Java island in Indonesia, threw up towers of ash and hot clouds on Dec. 4, 2021 that blanketed nearby villages in East Java province and sent people fleeing in panic. The eruption of the volcano has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens on Java island, Indonesia s disaster agency said (here).
The top part of the image with the smoke is from an April 2015 photograph of the Calbuco volcano in Chile available on Getty Images here .
The bottom part of the image shows Tumpak Sewu waterfall in Indonesia, visible here .
Semeru, more than 3,600 meters (12,000 feet) high, is one of Indonesia s nearly 130 active volcanoes (here).
Indonesia straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes (here).
VERDICT
Altered. The post shows a superimposed image of the Calbuco volcano eruption in Chile in April 2015 and an image of the Tumpak Sewu waterfall in Indonesia. It does not show the recent Semeru eruption.
