Damage Around Port-au-Prince, Haiti (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Damage Around Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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This is a damage evaluation map based on satellite data over the Port-au-Prince area of Haiti, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks that hit the Caribbean nation on 12 January. Map based on data from CNES's SPOT-5, JAXA's ALOS and the US-based GeoEye-1 satellites; this was processed by SERTIT.

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CNES, JAXA, GeoEye, SERTIT

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