The Dutch ‘prophet’ who claims to have predicted the earthquake in Turkey – What the experts say

No scientist has “ever predict a big earthquake”, emphasizes the US Geological Survey. On the same day that the magnitude 7.8 earthquake and a series of aftershocks killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the social media they were filled with false claims that the tragedy had been predicted days before.

It’s the latest case of someone gaining attention for making “statements and predictions” that appear to have been borne out, Susan Hu told NPR. seismologist in the Earthquake Hazards Program at the USGS and transmits it e.g.

As the news of the tragedy in southern Turkey and northern Syria went viral on Monday, millions of people saw one February 3 tweet which warned that a strong earthquake would hit the same area. The viral message was from a Dutchman, the Frank Hoogerbeets.

On January 29, his partners and himself in video they had warned that “sometime in the next week there would be an earthquake in the huge purple areas of the map they were showing in central and southern Asia, as well as in the ocean.”

In fact, he wrote in his post that “the surrounding areas are also at risk, while those that are not even close to the purple belts”. After the deadly earthquake, it has acquiredi million followers. The video they go viral and he himself is treated by a part of the world in Turkey as Messiah. He had claimed that in 2015 he knew the exact date that California would be hit by The Big One: May 28, 2015. At the time, he urged people to have an escape plan ready, warning of a very dangerous 8.8 magnitude earthquake. and above.

The “astroseismologist” he has no degree, but it deals with the prediction of earthquakes based on the position of the planets and the Moon and some arbitrary components on the surface of the earth.