Lessons for Remote Post-earthquake Reconnaissance from the 14 August 2021 Haiti Earthquake

Lessons for Remote Post-earthquake Reconnaissance from the 14 August 2021 Haiti Earthquake

On 14th August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, approximately 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince. Aftershocks up to moment magnitude 5.7 followed and over 1,000 landslides were triggered. These events led to over 2,000 fatalities,...

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Main Authors: Michael R. Z. Whitworth, Giorgia Giardina, Camilla Penney, Luigi Di Sarno, Keith Adams, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Jacob Black, Fatemeh Foroughnia, Valentina Macchiarulo, Pietro Milillo, Mobin Ojaghi, Alessandra Orfeo, Francesco Pugliese, Kökcan Dönmez, Yasemin D. Aktas, Josh Macabuag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
Subjects:
remote reconnaissance
earthquake
building damage
remote sensing
landslides
data collection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2022.873212/full

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