Mark Ruffalo’s Unhinged ‘Earthquake Machine’ Video Exposed as Deepfake—Here’s What Really Happened
A viral clip showing Mark Ruffalo claiming he built a secret “earthquake machine” in his basement to disrupt the 2025 hurricane season has been fact-checked as a sophisticated AI-generated deepfake. The original snippet, which amassed over 2 million views on X and TikTok, features a distorted version of the actor’s voice and jerky facial movements that cybersecurity experts confirmed are not real. Ruffalo’s team issued a statement clarifying that the actor never made such statements, and the footage was likely pieced together from old interviews. Real vs. Fake: the entire video is fabricated—Ruffalo has no such contraption, and no evidence links him to any seismic manipulation.