Haiti earthquake January 2010: damage assessment
The news
A comprehensive atlas of all damage caused in Haiti by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on 12 January 2010 is now available to help planning recovery and reconstruction measures. The atlas, based on the comparison between pre-disaster satellite imagery and post-disaster aerial photos, provides an overview of building damage in the main affected cities in Haiti showing that almost 60,000 buildings were either destroyed or very heavily damaged. A number of critical infrastructures such as government buildings, educational structures and hospitals have collapsed or are severely damaged.
These findings follow the preliminary rapid damage assessment carried out by the JRC's Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) based on the analysis of very high resolution satellite imagery acquired before and after the disaster.
Press releases
- 17/03/2010 - The European Commission's Joint Research Centre, United Nations and the World Bank issue a comprehensive building damage atlas for Haiti
- 15/03/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet Haiti earthquake
- 02/03/2010 - Launch of the reconstruction phase in Haiti: Commission deploys first 100 millions euro envelope for governmental buildings, schools, roads and technical assistance
- 01/03/2010 - MEMO: EU Fact Sheets on Haiti
- 26/02/2010 - MEMO: The Commission's civil protection and humanitarian response following the earthquake in Haiti
- 22/02/2010 - MEMO: EU Fact Sheets on Haiti
- 17/02/2010 - MEMO: EU Fact Sheets on Haiti
- 11/02/2010 - Commission plans a further €90 million for the relief effort in Haiti
- 08/02/2010 - MEMO: EU Fact Sheets on Haiti
- 01/02/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 28/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 27/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 26/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 25/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 22/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 21/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti
- 20/01/2010 - MEMO: Factsheet on Haiti earthquak
- 15/01/2010 - European Commission supports relief efforts in Haiti with first damage assessment: facts and maps
- 15/01/2010 - Catherine Ashton: Rebuilding Haiti is a priority for the EU
Damage assessment maps
For more documents and reports, see also: www.gdacs.org
Total Number of Damages or Destroyed structures per 200 meters Grid cells© EU (2010)
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The Haiti Building Damage Atlas cover page shows the sheet lines of the Atlas for Port-au-Prince and single map ID’s on top of the identified damages. © EU/UN/The World Bank (2010)
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This map shows an example of an atlas map sheet with the aerial photograph in the background, the identified damages and additional information such as road names. © EU/UN/The World Bank (2010)
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