Earthquake in Haiti
Back to Charter Activations| 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. |
Description of the Event
A major earthquake of magnitude 7 struck south-east of Haiti, the capital city Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday, 12 January 2009, followed by several aftershocks over 5.
The earthquake caused major casualties and damage affecting about 5.4 million people.
Images and/or Image product Delivered under the Charter
Jacmel, Haïti
Damaged building density map and gathering areas
Source: KOMPSAT-2, DigitalGlobe multispectral image(0.5 m )
Acquired: 21/01/2010, 15/01/2010
Copyright KOMPSAT-2 image kindly offered by KARI to the International Charter
SERTIT 2010
Image processing, map created 22/01/2010 by SERTIT.
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
Source: GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2
Acquired: 13/01/2010, 04/03/2008
Copyright GeoEye 2009, DigitalGlobe
Image processing, map created by UNITAR/UNOSAT.
Haiti, Port-au-Prince
Damage building density. Situation the 13th January 2010.
Source: GeoEye (50 m), roads are derived from GEOSS ESRI world imagery metric data
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright GeoEye 2010, DLR
Image processing, map created 18/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Haiti - Léogâne
Catalogue of presumed damaged buildings
Source: GeoEye-1 (50 cm)
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright GeoEye 2010, SERTIT 2010
Image processing, map created 17/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Haiti - Léogâne. Area affected by the 12th of January 2010 earthquake.
Source: SPOT-5 (2.50m)
Acquired: 15/01/2010
Copyright CNES 2010
Image processing, map created 17/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Damage assessment for major buildings/infrastucture in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Additional crisis map provided by UNITAR/UNOSAT in addition to this Charter Action
Source: GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2
Acquired: 13/01/2010, 04/03/2008
Copyright GeoEye 2009, DigitalGlobe
Image processing, map created by UNOSAT.
Damage assessment detailmap Port-au-Prince - Haiti - Gressier
Source: GeoEye-1
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright DLR
Image processing, map created 17/01/2010 by DLR-ZKI in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Central Port-au-Prince, Haïti - Additional crisis map provided by UNITAR/UNOSAT in addition to this Charter Action
Source: GeoEye-1
Acquired: 12/01/2010
Copyright GeoEye 2009
Image processing, map created 14/01/2010 by UNOSAT
Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Spontaneous gathering areas
Source: SPOT 5, GeoEye (65 cm)
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright CNES, SERTIT.
Image processing, map created 14/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Port-au-Prince
Damage evaluation per urban block
Source: SPOT 5 (2.50m)
Acquired: 03/07/2007
Copyright CNES 2007
Image processing, map created 14/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
Port-au-Prince
Area affected by the earthquake
Source: ALOS AVNIR-2 (10m)
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright JAXA 2010
Image processing, map created 13/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.
City of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Location of public buildings damaged by the earthquake.
Source: ALOS AVNIR-2 (10m)
Acquired: 13/01/2010
Copyright JAXA 2010
Image processing, map created 13/01/2010 by SERTIT in the framework of GMES SAFER.