Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

EEFIT Article on Using Remote Sensing to Assess Building Damage in Colombia

September 27, 2026

Article from Pietro Milillo (EEFIT team member) validating satellite damage assessment methodologies following the Colombia earthquake, focused on buildings in Pereira.

This article assesses the ability of different satellites and remote sensing products to distinguish collapsed from standing buildings, ground-truthed with observations of 95 buildings in Pereira.

The full article is available here.