Fact Check: Did NASA issue an alert about the earthquake in Delhi beforehand?

Claim: NASA alerted about an earthquake in Delhi between April 7 and April 15, 2020.

Rating: False

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What is rumour about?

• A viral mess that was circulating all over India a day ago mentioned NASA's prediction about Delhi earthquake that occurred on Sunday. 
• viral mess said that US ncy had predicted a strong earthquake in Delhi-NCR region between April 7 and April 15. mess also stated that earthquake would be of 9.1 magnitude. 

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Who started rumour?

• Social media forwards

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to NASA Delhi earthquake alert rumour, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw wher NASA alerted Delhi about an upcoming earthquake. maximum number of searches have been done on April 12, 2020. 

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Republic World did a fact check on "NASA alert" rumour

• Republic World did a fact check on "NASA Delhi earthquake alert" rumour and found claims to be False. 
• claim stated that Delhi-NCR region will face an earthquake of 9.1 magnitude between April 7 and April 15. Even though Delhi had experienced an earthquake on April 12, it was neir of 9.1 magnitude r event was predicted by NASA.
• IMD officials labelled  3.5 magnitude earthquake to be a rare event that occurred in rast Delhi at 5.45 pm IST.
• ability to predict  exact time, place and magnitude of earthquake is t possible even after having latest techlogies. Neir USGS ( United States Geological Survey) r any or scientists have ever been able to predict exact time and location of earthquake as of yet.
• Reportedly, latest techlogies can only estimate  probability of an earthquake in an area within a number of years. 
• viral news that was circulating in nation was actually an old clip about a reality analysis done by a news channel in 2018. 

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