Charter activations
Earthquake in Haiti
A major earthquake of magnitude 7 struck south-east of Haiti, the capital city Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, followed by several aftershocks over 5.
The earthquake caused major casualties and damage affecting about 5.4 million people.
Type of Event: | Earthquake |
Location of Event: | Haiti |
Date of Charter Activation: | 13/01/2010 |
Charter Requestor: | French Civil Protection, UNOOSA on behalf of UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Public Safety of Canada, American Earthquake Hazards Programme of USGS |
Project Management: | CNES in collaboration with the SAFER project in the framework of the GMES initiative. |
Products
Jacmel, Haïti
Damaged building density map and gathering areas
Copyright: KOMPSAT-2 image kindly offered by KARI to the International Charter
SERTIT 2010
Image processing, map created 22/01/2010 by SERTIT.
Information about the Product
Acquired: 21/01/2010, 15/01/2010
Source: KOMPSAT-2, DigitalGlobe multispectral image(0.5 m )
Density of bridge & road obstacles in Port-au-Prince and Carrefour, Haiti
Additional crisis map provided by UNITAR/UNOSAT in addition to this Charter Action
Copyright: GeoEye 2009, DigitalGlobe
Image processing, map created by UNITAR/UNOSAT.
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Acquired: 13/01/2010, 04/03/2008
Source: GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2
Haiti, Port-au-Prince
Damage building density. Situation the 13th January 2010.
Copyright: GeoEye 2010, DLR
Image processing, map created 18/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
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Acquired: 13/01/2010
Source: GeoEye (50 m), roads are derived from GEOSS ESRI world imagery metric data
Damage assessment for major buildings/infrastucture in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Additional crisis map provided by UNITAR/UNOSAT in addition to this Charter Action
Copyright: GeoEye 2009, DigitalGlobe
Image processing, map created by UNOSAT.
Information about the Product
Acquired: 13/01/2010, 04/03/2008
Source: GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2