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The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 were two of the largest and most significant natural disasters to occur on Earth. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 was created from an earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra that registered a magnitude on the Richter scale of between 9.1 and 9.3, the second largest earthquake ever recorded on Earth. The tsunami resulted in the loss of over 200,000 lives. The Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010 was of a lower magnitude, 7.0 on the Richter scale, but also resulted in the loss of over 200,000 lives because the earthquake epicentre was very close to the population of the Haiti capital Port au Prince. The January 2010 earthquake was the worst earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.
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Harris, R. (2011). Satellite Earth observation and disaster management — lessons and needs after the Indian Ocean tsunami and the Haiti earthquake. In: Schrogl, KU., Pagkratis, S., Baranes, B. (eds) Yearbook on Space Policy 2009/2010. Yearbook on Space Policy. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0942-7_10
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