Preliminary satellite-based damage assessment for the M7.2 Haiti earthquake that struck on 27 August 2021. The data covers the Grande’Anse, South, and Nippes departments of Haiti and was published by ACAPS. The dataset was last updated on 14 May 2026.
Use Cases
- Map building damage severity based on satellite imagery analysis
- Prioritize emergency response areas based on preliminary damage assessments
- Analyze the geographic distribution of earthquake impacts across three departments
Strengths
- Covers a specific, high-impact event on 27 August 2021
- Focuses on three defined administrative departments in Haiti
- Uses satellite imagery for objective, remote damage assessment
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- ACAPS
- Collection Method
- Preliminary satellite-based assessment
- Time Range
- 27 August 2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-14 02:01:46.954455; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Grande’Anse, South, and Nippes departments of Haiti