Fact Check: Massive destruction on Guishan Island after Taiwan earthquake

 Published date: April 4, 2024 | By ANDRE M. CHANG


Claim reviewed:

“Massive destruction on Guishan Island”

“URGENT: Massive destruction on Guishan Island, a turtle-shaped island off the coast of Yilan in eastern Taiwan, following the strong earthquake a while ago,” the post reads (originally in Spanish).

(Spanish: URGENTE: Destrucción masiva en la Isla Guishan, una isla con forma de tortuga frente a la costa de Yilan en el este de Taiwán, tras el fuerte terremoto de hace un rato).

Claim date:

Posted on April 2, 2024

Claim appearance:

X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/UHN_Plus/status/1775331752229147088

Rating:

False

Facts:

Image released by Taiwan’s Tourism Administration (交通部觀光署), on April 3, 2024.
Top: Original shape. Bottom: After earthquake

Taiwan’s Tourism Administration said in a statement:

The head of the turtle (referring to the turtle-shaped island) off the coast of Yilan (宜蘭) on Guishan Island (龜山島), is not broken, just a small part fell off after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake.

Original version:

“交通部觀光署東北角及宜蘭海岸國家風景區管理處澄清: 龜山島龜首未斷，是小部分掉落”

Reference:

交通部觀光署, “交通部觀光署-交通部觀光署東北角及宜蘭海岸國家風景區管理處澄清:龜山島龜首未斷，是小部分掉落,” 交通部觀光署, Apr. 03, 2024. https://www.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0043442 (Accessed April 4, 2024).
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