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China fire drill footage misrepresented as Nepal tremor

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Burmese Facebook users have repeatedly linked footage of students rushing out of a building to the January 2025 earthquake.

The video was filmed in China 's Hunan province and shows a 2024 fire drill.

The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) measured the quake's magnitude as 6.8 , while the US Geological Survey reported it as 7.1 .

The tremors were also felt in neighboring India and Nepal .

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