Turkey Earthquake Report

After the earthquake in Turkey on February 6th, our team began to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) methods and high-resolution satellite imagery to assess the extent of damage to buildings in the affected region. Specifically, we partnered with Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) to deliver building level damage estimates over four cities in southeast Turkey using satellite imagery from the first 3 days of the disaster. We estimate 3,849 buildings were damaged/destroyed across the four cities. We found the city of Marash* to be the most heavily affected, with 7.44% of buildings in the city sustaining some level of damage visible from satellite imagery.