Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Photos from EERI Social Impacts Reconnaissance Team

Shelter Damage and fear of aftershocks (or another large earthquake) has displaced over 1 million Haitians from their home. This has resulted in about 315 IDP camps in Haiti sheltering 7-800,000 people.             Figure 1. Bourdon bioville (hillside slum) residential damage. Figure 2. National soccer stadium IDP camp (there are many more tents outside the […]

Photos of building damage

            Figure 1. Institution Paul Delmas area.   Figure 2. Slumtown.   Figure 3. Digicel 3-story.                         Figure 4. Digicel 3-story.   Figure 5. Digicel 3-story.   Figure 3. Digicel 3-story.                         Figure […]

Photos of building damage

                                                    Figure 1. Presidential Palace: collapse of center dome.    Figure 2. Residential area: severe damage.                       Figure 3. National Bank of […]

Photos from low-rise un-engineered construction

                                                                      Fig. 1. Note slabs and lightweight roofs in typical residential construction (1-2 story, 3-story less common).   Fig. 2. Confined masonry: […]

Photos of societal impacts

         Fig. 1. Herb seller displaced from Iron Market, Port- au-Prince.   Fig. 2. Crowd of displaced persons at Presidential Palace.   Fig. 3. Tent camp adjacent to Presidential Palace.                     Fig. 4. School papers, St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children. Fig. 5. […]

Photos of recovery & rebuilding

                                      Figure 1. Cash-for-work cleanup crew, Nerette, Petionville.   Figure 2. Life goes on, Port-au-Prince.               Figure 3. Salvaging materials, Holy Trinity Church.   Figure 4. Fonkoze microfinance NGO, hard at […]