Old New Zealand photo falsely shared as impact of Myanmar earthquake
Taunggyi is located 167 kilometres (104 miles) southeast of Sagaing, where a shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok (archived link).
The ruling junta said on March 31 that 2,056 have now been confirmed dead, with more than 3,900 people injured and 270 still missing. At least 19 people died in neighbouring Thailand.
The junta says it is doing its best to respond to the disaster but there have been multiple reports in recent days of the military carrying out airstrikes on armed groups opposed to its rule, even as the country reels from the quake's devastation.
The photo showing a large crack in a road appeared elsewhere on Facebook, alongside claims it showed the destruction in Myanmar.
But the photo is from New Zealand in 2011.
A reverse image search on Google found the same photo on the website of British photo agency Alamy, published on March 20, 2011 (archived link).
"Large cracks appear in Christchurch in massive earthquake," reads the photo caption. A further description states the photo was taken at the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge over the Avon River.
Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on February 23, 2011, which left 185 dead and cost the country billions of dollars in damages (archived link).
The area can be seen on Google Maps Street View imagery from 2007 below (archived link):
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